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I LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER A SPECIAL MANDATORY MEETING OF AUGUST.
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18, 2021.MY NAME IS JAMES BEEDLE, I'M THE PERSON THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTION IN CODE ENFORCEMENT FINDS THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SWORN IN BY THE CLERK.
AND THEN WHEN YOUR CASE IS CALLED, YOU COME UP AND PRESENT YOUR CASE AS FAR AS WHAT THE BASIS FOR THE REQUEST FOR REDUCTION IS.
AND THEN THE CITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND TO WHAT THEIR EVIDENCE IS.
THAT'S THE GENERAL PROCEDURE AND.
PROCEED. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND?
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YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED. FIRST CASE TO BE HEARD IS KIVETT
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TWO ZERO FOUR ZERO NINE DASH TO ZERO AT FORTY FOUR FORTY FIVE DIXIE HIGHWAY AND THE CODE OFFICERS, VALERIE CARTER.WE HAVE. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN AN ADDRESS AND SELL TO WILKO.
THE ADDRESS IS FOUR FOUR FOUR FIVE DIXIE HIGHWAY BEACH, FLORIDA, THREE TO NINE OR FIVE.
WELL, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS TO TRY TO GET THOSE FINE REDUCED IF POSSIBLE. WE WE TRIED EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THE ISSUE.
STRAIGHTEN OUT, GET ALL THE PERMITS IN PLACE, AND IT WAS JUST A LONG PROCESS, VERY A VERY LONG PROCESS. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS WATER INVOLVED, THOSE INVOLVED.
MISS VALERIE KNOWS THE SITUATION VERY WELL, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY KNOWS THE SITUATION VERY WELL.
IT WAS JUST A TIMING, WRONG TIMING.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A PANDEMIC.
WE COULDN'T GET ANYTHING DONE.
SIMPLE STUFF THAT TOOK A MONTH TO SIX.
FOR US TO GET ANYTHING DONE AND.
YOU KNOW, SATISFY THE CITY IN.
AND MAKE IT RIGHT. BUT FINALLY, WE GOT EVERYTHING RIGHT.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS TO DIFFERENT PAPERS.
I REALLY AM NOT TOO SURE WHICH ONES WHICH MAYBE MISSPELLED.
THEY WILL TELL US OR TELL THE BOARD.
WELL, THE THE ONE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED AT THE MOMENT HAS TO DO WITH.
BUILDING A STRUCTURE ERECTED, MOVED, ADDED TO OR ALTERED WITHOUT A REQUIRED PERMIT, WHICH IS THE HVAC BACK RETAINING WALL AND EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS.
THE OTHER. RELATED TO THE SAME THING ABOUT.
BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT FOR DAWKINS' THERE.
THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DOG ON THE STAIRS, WE HAD, UH, THERE WERE EXISTING I TOOK IT ON MYSELF TO FIX THEM UP BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE OLD LANDLORD THAT RECEIVED A BUNCH OF LETTERS FROM THE CITY TO FIX THE DOG AND THE STAIRS THAT LOOKED LIKE A NUISANCE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, I EVEN MSWATI KNOWS THAT IT'S NOT MY THAT WAS DONE FOR MONTHS BEFORE I EVEN GOT INVOLVED WITH THE PROPERTY.
THE DARK AND THE STAIRS, REALLY, IT WAS JUST A GOOD FAITH ON MY ON MY END.
THERE WAS I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY JANUARY 1ST AND.
BASICALLY, WHEN I CAME TO CODE AND I ASKED FOR THOSE LETTERS, THEY WERE JUST NOT.
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DON'T EXIST, I GUESS THIS IS WHAT LETTERS ARE YOU TALKING TALKING ABOUT THE LETTERS THAT I WAS INFORMED BY THE BY THE OWNER AT THE TIME THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SENT THEM MULTIPLE LETTERS THAT THE STAIRS AND THE DOG NEEDED TO BE FIXED BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR SO MANY YEARS.I MEAN, THE WHOLE PROPERTY WAS VERY NEGLECTED FOR FOR FOR MANY YEARS.
SO AND AGAIN, IT WASN'T MY PROPERTY.
I HAD NO INVOLVEMENT WHATSOEVER EXCEPT GOOD FAITH.
AND I SPENT OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ON GOOD FAITH TO GET THE DOG ON THE STAIRS ACTUALLY REBUILT.
THERE WERE BOTH EXISTING AND I AND I FIXED IT UP.
AND THEN WHEN MISVALUED DECIDED THE DOG AND THE STAIRS, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS AFTER THAT. AND BASICALLY I TOOK RESPONSIBILITY.
JUST BECAUSE THE OLD OWNERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A LITTLE OLDER AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH IT, AND THEY WERE BASICALLY HELPING ME OUT WITH MY MORTGAGE BECAUSE COVID HEAD AND I'M IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS AND WE GOT WIPED OUT BASICALLY, SO.
SO BASICALLY, IF THE GOVERNMENT DIDN'T GIVE US MONEY, WE WOULDN'T BE STANDING RIGHT HERE.
SO I TOOK I TOOK THE BLAME AND I SAID, OK, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT I SAID TO MYSELF AT THE TIME. I SAID, YOU KNOW.
DISSERTATION WAS ON FOR ME IN THE BEGINNING, BUT THEN WE SWITCHED HIM TO ME BECAUSE I TOOK RESPONSIBILITY JUST TO.
SO, AGAIN, I TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AT THE TIME TO GET THINGS RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN. GET IN TOUCH WITH THE STATE AT THE TIME WAS WAS CLOSE TO IMPOSSIBLE.
NOT TOO MUCH HELP FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WHATSOEVER.
UH. PLANNING AND ZONING WAS WAS ALWAYS ON MY SIDE TRYING TO HELP ME OUT, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT IT WAS JUST A LONG PROCESS.
IT'S IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD FIX RIGHT AWAY.
AND EVERY MEETING WE HAD WITH GORDON FOR I WOULD GO TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD, THE COURT ENFORCEMENT BOARD THERE WERE VERY, VERY COMPASSIONATE WITH THE SITUATION.
THEY GAVE ME AS MUCH TIME THAT I WANTED MULTIPLE TIMES, MAYBE THREE, THREE TO FOUR DIFFERENT BOARD MEETINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE SITUATION DOWN, UNDERSTOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING WAS GOING TO GET DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AND STILL NOTHING IS GOING TO DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.
NOW, WE BELIEVE WE HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SAME SITUATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS A NEGLECTED, NEGLECTED PROPERTY THAT I FIXED.
THAT'S THE CORRIDOR OF OF OF GHAZWAN IN PALM BAY.
THAT THAT REALLY LOOKED VERY DISTRESSED.
I BELIEVE THAT I ONLY BEAUTIFIED THE AREA.
I BOUGHT A LOT OF BUSINESS BACK TO THE TO THE AREA.
AND I JUST NEED SOME HELP WITH THOSE LINES.
WHAT DID YOU SEE PUT INTO THIS PROPERTY AFTER YOU BOUGHT A COUPLE OF MILLION DOLLARS? AND A VERY BAD TIME.
SO. IF WE DIDN'T GET LIKE I SAID, IF WE DIDN'T GET MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE WE WE SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE LOST I ALREADY GOT A COUPLE OF LETTERS ON, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME.
AND I SHOWED CITY MANAGER, I MEAN, THE CITY MANAGER GOT INVOLVED AND I GOT THINGS DONE.
I HAVE TO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IF THE CITY MANAGER DID NOT GET INVOLVED, WE THE POLICE WILL NOT BE OPEN NOW.
SO AND SHE KNOWS THAT I GOT A COUPLE OF FORECLOSURE NOTICE ON THE PROPERTY ALREADY BECAUSE THE WHOLE PANDEMIC THAT'S ALL I DID IN MY LIFE IS I'M IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS.
AND IT WAS A TOUGH YEAR FOR ME.
BASICALLY TWO YEARS. I ALREADY CLOSED ONE BUSINESS.
I HAVE ANOTHER BUSINESS, THAT RESTAURANT THAT'S STILL OPERATING.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I PULLED THIS ONE OFF AND I OPENED THIS ONE.
SO HOW MUCH WAS INVOLVED IN THE EXPENSE FOR.
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WELL, HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY TO HAVE THE VASEY, THE RETAINING WALL AND THE EXTERIOR RENOVATION? THAT'S VERY MINIMAL.IT WASN'T IT WASN'T MAYBE 10 GRAND.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT IT WASN'T A BIG THING.
THE DUCK AND THE STAIRS ARE PROBABLY AROUND MY, MY, MY, JUST AN ESTIMATE, MAYBE 40000.
NO, ALL MY NEIGHBORS SEND ME LETTERS THAT I TOOK CARE OF THE PROPERTY ON THE BAY.
THANK YOU. BECAUSE NOBODY DID ANYTHING FOR THIS PUPPY IN SO MANY YEARS.
SO I BELIEVE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, I WOULD LOVE OR I'D BE VERY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS JUST CONSIDERED LOWER THAN THAT, THAT'S A NO BUSINESS.
I HIRED OVER 100 EMPLOYEES AND PROBABLY MOSTLY.
AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, HOW HARD IS IT FOR RUNNING A RESTAURANT IN THIS TIME JUST TO START? SO. IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU GUYS CAN HELP ME OUT WITH JUST, YOU KNOW, CHARGE ME THE MINIMUM OF WHATEVER I COST THE CITY IT WOULD BE.
GREAT HOPE FOR ME AT THIS POINT.
ALSO, JUST SAY THAT I'M CONSIDERING THE OTHER CASE WITH HIM ALSO SINCE HE TALKED ABOUT IT, WHICH I GUESS IS CASE NUMBER.
ON VALERIE CARTER, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ON THE CASE NUMBER TWO ZERO FOUR EIGHT EIGHT, THIS PROPERTY WAS POSTED DUE TO THE NOTIFICATION.
CONFIRMATION CAME BACK THAT IT WAS STILL IN TRANSIT AT THE TIME.
SO THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON CASE NUMBER TWO ZERO.
THIS ONE WAS DELIVERED THE U.S., HE HAS TRACKING SHOWS IT WAS DELIVERED ON JUNE 22ND, 2020. SO THIS ONE WAS NOT POSTED AS IT WAS RECEIVED.
THE OWNER IS CORRECT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH HIM, GIVING HIM EXTENSIONS IN TIME DUE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES, SOME OF IT WAS OUT OF HIS CONTROL BECAUSE IT WAS DUE TO THE STATE REGARDING THE DOCK STAIRS.
AND BOTH CASES SEEM TO HAVE BEEN.
IT'S LIKE SIX MONTHS ROUGHLY FOR BOTH.
THE. A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING.
AS FAR AS A DOLLAR AMOUNT, THERE WAS NO COST INCURRED AS FAR AS A CITY OUT OF POCKET.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE HARD COSTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOMMENDATION OF 750 EACH CASE.
THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION REDUCTION.
ANYTHING FURTHER TO YOU, HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT YOU LIKE TO ADD, BOSHER? BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED.
AREN'T THAT. SITUATION HAS BEEN FESTERING FOR A WHILE AND HAPPENED TO BOIL OVER, I GUESS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WAY OF PHRASING IT ONCE AT OR ABOUT THE TIME THAT.
IN US EATERY PURCHASED PROPERTY.
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OR TO BE COMMENCED WITHOUT A PERMIT.AFTER BEING TOLD BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, BOTH THE CITY AND THE APPLICANT.
CHILDREN'S USE AND TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THESE ITEMS. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PAID THROUGH THE PROPERTY GENERALLY, AND SO THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE PAID TO.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NORMALLY IN THE ORDER.
DECISION MADE THAT THEY HAVE TO BE FINED TO HAVE TO PRODUCE FINED AMOUNT OUT TO BE PAID WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS AND NORMALLY THAT'S 30 DAYS NOT PAID IN THAT TIME.
NO, NO. AND IN ORDER TO GET A.
OH, WHERE SHOULD I PUT IT AFTER? YOU JUST COME TO THE OFFICE AFTER THE MEETING AND THEN CAROL WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AFTER THE MEETING. THANKS A LOT.
BUSH HAD A. OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS C.B ONE NINE EIGHT ZERO FOUR, DASH ONE NINE AND SEVEN TO SEVEN YUKON'S STREET NE.
THE COURT OFFICER IS EMMANUEL SOTO AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS.
OH, MY NAME IS ASFOUR STALK ADDRESSES SEVEN TO SEVEN.
YOU CAN TREAT POLLY FLORES THREE TO NINE SEVEN.
YOU CAN PROCEED WITH YOUR CASE REDUCTION.
YES, SIR. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE ANY PAPERS. I WAS HERE ALREADY BEFORE AND THE COURT BECAUSE I HAD SOME STUFF IN MY BACKYARD AND I HAD TO REMOVE IT.
YOU COULD GIVE ME TWO MONTHS TO REMOVE IT AT LESS THAN A MONTH TO REMOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE BACKYARD EXCEPT IN A TRAILER HOUSE.
THAT TRAILER, IT WAS REGISTERED THE LAST TIME I COME, I GIVE THEM TO HER INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING. DID YOU HAVE A COPY OF IT? THEY CAME BACK ABOUT A MONTH AFTER AND LOOK AT THE BACKYARD EVENT IN THE BACKYARD AND CHECK AND EVERYTHING WAS ALL RIGHT.
RIGHT? AND NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, THE OFFICER OF THE COMMUNITY BY MY HOUSE AND YOU SAID SOMEBODY SAW THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN YOUR TRAILER.
YES, SIR. YOU COULD GO AND LOOK, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN HERE IN YOUR TRAILER.
AND IT IS REGISTERED, YOU KNOW, SIGNS THAT REGISTER TRAILER AND LIVE.
WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS GETTING A FINE OR BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT.
YOU SEE ME. SO I'VE GOT HELL SELL A PROPERTY.
AND I SAID, YOU HAVE A HOLE ON MY LAND THIS HOLE.
GET TO FIND OUT THERE WHEN I COME TO THE OFFICE AND SAID, YES, THEY ARE NO LONGER FOR WHAT I DO, YOU KNOW, I GET TO HOLD IN MY LAND FOR THE GUY THAT WANTS TO BUY THE PLACE.
YOU TOLD US THE CITY OF THE HOLY LAND IS THE ONLY WAY.
I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO.
BUT THEN THIS GENTLEMAN WAS SO NICE TO PASS.
AND HE SAID, ARE YOU CRAZY? I SAID, YES, I GET ASSIGNED TO GO TO COURT.
YOU WENT TO THE BATHROOM TO SAY THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE, KNOW? I MEAN, HE SAID, WELL, WHERE'S THE TRAILER? I SAID, IT IS NOT THERE I GO.
THE TRAILER WAS IT'S MY TRAILER.
IT'S IN MY NAME IS REGISTERED AND EVERYTHING IN MY VIEW.
DOES IT I MEAN, LET'S GO FROM HERE TO HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, JOSEPH, I COME TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY WENT ON LICENCEE OFFICER ABOUT THIS, I HAVE TWO MONTHS TO CLEAN UP THE BACKYARD WITHIN A MONTH OR IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER TEAM USA WAS FINED.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO FIND GLORIA.
BECAUSE THIS GENTLEMAN IS GOT TO KNOW HE CAME IN AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL RIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW. SO IS IT FAIR TO SAY THE TRAILER, A LANDFILL IS RIDICULOUSLY RICH CELEBRITY
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IN MY NAME, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE YARD.IT'S NOT IN THE YARD. REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PERSON YOU SPOKE WITH? IT IS TO A LADY AND THE MAN HIMSELF.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN, I SPOKE TO HIM LAST WEEK, HE CAME IN THE HOUSE ONE DAY AFTER 2:00 OR 3:00 MONDAY. I HEARD SOMEBODY REPORT SOMEBODY SLEEPING IN A SNOW AND NOBODY SLEEPING IN MY TRAILER AND GET RID OF THE INSURANCE AGENT THE FIRST TIME I LEAVE THE RESERVATION HERE AND SHOW YOU THE DESTINATION.
LEAVE IT THERE. WELL, YOU KNOW, BUT I STILL MOVE ON.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S MY REGISTERED TRAILER.
IT'S REGISTERED, IN SHORT, A PERIOD OF TIME AND AGAIN IN VIOLATION FOR THAT BECAUSE THE WHOLE YARD IS CLEAN. LESS THAN TWO MONTHS.
NOTHING FURTHER RIGHT NOW. YES, SIR, YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER YOU WANT TO SAY AT THE MOMENT? THE RISKS AT THIS MOMENT? SO IT JUST.
OFFICER MANUEL MANASSERO CITY BAY.
PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED, THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION AND THE REDUCTION OF THE LINE, BUT JUST A CONSIDERATION AT THE TIME OF VIOLATION WILL FROM OCTOBER 8TH, 20 NINETEEN THROUGH JUNE OR 2021.
OR ANY RECORDS IN YOUR FILE THAT RELATE TO THE TESTIMONY OF MR. STEWART THAT HE MET WITH ONE OF THE CODE OFFICERS SHORTLY AFTER.
I WAS ONE OF THE OFFICERS THAT WAS THERE WITH THE OTHER OFFICER.
EVERY NIGHT, EVERY ARE WITH ARLENE.
AND THE VIOLATIONS WILL STILL.
ALL RIGHT, SIR, VALERIE CARTER, CODE OFFICER, I DO KNOW THAT WHEN ARLENE WAS HERE, THIS CASE, LIKE MR. SOTO SAID, HAS GONE ON FOR TWO YEARS.
I KNOW THAT HE HAS COME BEFORE THE BOARD WHEN ONE OR TWO TIMES HE HAD COME IN THE OFFICE TOWARDS THE VERY TAIL END OF THE CASE, WHY SHE WAS STILL HERE.
BUT AGAIN, THIS DID GO ON FOR OVER TWO YEARS.
OH, I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE PACKET A.
FIRST. DOCUMENT THAT'S BEEN HANDWRITTEN ON.
SOMETHING WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER 14, 20, 19.
CAN THIS DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THE ONE THAT'S HANDWRITTEN, THAT'S WRITTEN FROM ONE OF OUR ADMIN SECRETARIES THAT THE GENTLEMAN CALLED INTO THE OFFICE AND SHE TOOK THE NOTES AND WROTE IT DOWN FOR HER TO DO A REINSPECT.
OH, WHAT ARE THOSE CITIES COST? THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST WAS 750.
ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, MR. STEWART? NO, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S A CONSPIRACY TO ME.
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I DON'T KNOW. ALL RIGHT.I DO ALL OF THE CITY, AND YET I COME HERE TO BE ANGRY.
YOU SEEM NOT TO GIVE ME A SAY.
OK, LOOK, THE VIOLATION, CLEARPOINT FOR I LADY WAS THERE AND A MAN CAME AND TO TELL ME EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S HOW I WAS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU TO SEND ME A LETTER.
I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE I RECEIVED I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE, NOT TO NOTHING, BUT I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE.
NORMALLY. WHEN THE CITY PROCESSED THE CASE, OBVIOUSLY IT WENT THROUGH TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, WHEN THEY DO ONE OF THOSE CASES THAT THERE ARE NORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 500 DOLLARS.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAD ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS THAT THEY WENT OUT AND INSPECTED YOUR PROPERTY. OH.
THOSE ARE KIND OF THEIR BASE COSTS IN ORDER TO PROCESS THE VIOLATIONS TO BEGIN WITH.
SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO AIR AN ORDER LOWERING THE FINE TO SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. AND AS I INDICATED TO THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PRIOR HEARING, I NORMALLY PUT IN THE ORDER THAT THE.
THAT YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO PAY IT, AND NORMALLY IT'S 30 DAYS OR 60 DAYS, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING IT IN THAT TIME.
I KNOW I GET IN THIS CITY CITY AND I'M NOT WORKING.
MR. STEWART, WHAT I'M TRYING WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU, SIR, IS THAT.
YEAH. BUT IF YOU IF THE FINE WAS IMPOSED, YES, IT WAS, YOU KNOW.
THERE IS AN ORDER HERE THAT SAID YOU HAD TO DO SOMETHING BY A CERTAIN DATE.
YES. AND IT DIDN'T GET DONE BY THAT DATE.
SO IT WENT THROUGH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PROCESS.
IT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE BOARD, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.
YES, THAT IN AND OF ITSELF IS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
THAT'S THE CITY'S COST, THE PROCESS, A CODE ENFORCEMENT COMPLAINT, I KNOW, TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, YES, BUT ONLY ONE COUNTY CAME OUT HERE.
BY THE TIME I CAME IN, I SAID, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS, OK, I'M TRYING TO DO IS EXPLAIN TO YOU. YES, SIR.
I DON'T CARE IF WAS YOUR CASE OR THE NEIGHBOR'S CASE OR THE PERSON DOWN THE STREET CASE.
I UNDERSTAND. MY POINT IS IT COST THEM FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO DO THAT.
YEAH. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT THE CASE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS NO MATTER WHAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.
AND THEY HAD INSPECTIONS, AND SO I'M GOING TO GRANT THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, SO YOU'RE ONLY TALKING AN EXTRA 250 BUCKS FROM THE MINIMUM THAT THIS WOULD HAVE EVER GOTTEN REDUCED TO? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU.
IT'S GOING TO GET REDUCED FROM THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PLUS DOWN TO SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. SO, AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE PAYING IT WITHIN 30 OR 60 DAYS? NOT AN ISSUE, BUT THAT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING IT WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, AS MY QUESTION WILL HAVE TO BE 60 DAYS.
YEAH, I GET THAT FROM THE GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, WELL, I GET TO BE A FUND MANAGER FOR RETIREMENT AND STUFF, WE GET THE MONEY AND WHEN THEY BENEFIT, I'LL PUT IT'LL BE REDUCED TO 750 DOLLARS TO BE PAID IN 60 DAYS.
APPRECIATE IN ORDER ENTERED IN.
I'LL GET YOU A COPY OF THE ORDER, OK? YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY.
OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS C.B TWO ZERO FIVE TWO ONE, DASH TWO ZERO AND THREE TWO ONE CRITCHFIELD ROAD NW.
THE CODE OFFICER IS ANGELICA SNEYD AND THE APPLICANT IS A PHONE CONFERENCE.
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SEEN.SIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OK, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? WE NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR TESTIMONY, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JAMES BEEDLE, I'M THE PERSON THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS OR REDUCTIONS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT LANES, AND THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT THAT YOU AS THE APPLICANT, WILL PRESENT YOUR CASE.
THE CITY WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BASED UPON THE TESTIMONY OF THE CITY.
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO ADD ADDITIONAL RESPONSE TO WHAT THE CITY PRESENTED.
AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE PROPERTY MANAGER INSISTED ON.
IT'S ONLY AUGUST AND THEN SEPTEMBER WAS LAST MONDAY, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, UNPAID FOR THE CITY, THEY PROVIDED THE RELIEF FUND FOR THEM.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY AND JUNE ARE STILL STANDING.
THE CITY FIRE STARTED EARLY NOVEMBER AND NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT TO MY OUTDATED ADDRESS ON FILE OUR PAPERS OFFICE WITHIN THE PARTY ITSELF, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION UNTIL LATE JANUARY VIA A PHONE CALL.
I THINK THAT MIGHT NOT BE EXACT ABOUT, SAY, THAT THIS ADDRESS TWICE SINCE NOT I'M AWARE TO BE UPDATING IT. THE TENANTS WERE NOTIFIED MULTIPLE TIMES BY THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND THE CITY TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD CLEAR THE PROPERTY FOR A FEW DAYS TO APPEASE THE PROPERTY MANAGER, WHO WOULD THEN TELL ME THAT IT'S ALL RESOLVED NOW? AND I LET THE CITY KNOW TO GO BACK AND SEE BY THEN.
IF YOU BACK TO BACK TO CODE VIOLATIONS, THIS WAS A REPEATED PROCESS IN JANUARY TO FEBRUARY. EVICTIONS STARTED IN FEBRUARY, MARCH, WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT TENANTS HAD ZERO INTEREST IN PAYING RENT, COMMUNICATING OR COMPROMISING, AND IF LEFT BY JUNE SIX, THE PROPERTY WAS IMMEDIATELY CLEANED UP OR REPAIRED OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF MONTHS SINCE JUNE. AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM OVERSEEING THE PROPERTY THROUGH THIS. AND I FOUND OUT VIA OUR COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS THAT THE TENANT HAS OVER 20 CASES AGAINST THEM, RANGING FROM TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON, DRUG
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POSSESSION AND BURGLARY.THE TENANT ALSO TRIED CONNECTING DIRECTLY TO THE WATER MAIN, REMOVING THE METER, WHICH IS BOX. SO THE WATER COMPANY CAME AND REPAIRED AND LEFT THE HOUSE OFF WATER.
THE TENANT THAT PUT THE HOUSE ON THE WATER, WHICH IS THEN FOR IRRIGATION ONLY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT HAPPENS WITH THESE TENANTS AND THE PROPERTY I SEE WITH THIS HISTORY, ASKING THEM TO MEET THE CITY ORDINANCES IS NOT GOING TO HAVE LASTING EFFECTS.
SO THE EVICTION WAS THE ONLY OPTION AND A LENGTHY ONE.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT A PROPERTY OWNER OUGHT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TENANTS ACTIONS, ACCORDING TO THE CITY, AS A FORCE FORCES THIS TYPE OF RESPONSE FROM THE OWNER, WHICH IS NECESSARY TO GET ANYTHING DONE.
MAX IS REGULATED DUE TO THE ON OFF ASSURANCES THAT THINGS WERE BEING HANDLED AT THIS POINT. I PAID A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LEGAL FEES TO EVICT AND INITIATE A LAWSUIT OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FIVE HUNDRED AN UNPAID RENT AND PENDING AT LEAST ANOTHER 3000 DAMAGES. ONCE THE NEW PROPERTY MANAGER QUOTES HER AND AS PREVIOUS HAD ESPECIALLY GIVEN UP ON THE PROPERTY WHO WAS UNPAID THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS AS WELL.
I'VE ASKED THE TOTAL FINES BE REDUCED TO 500 TO ACCOUNT FOR THE TIME AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS WITH ME AND BEFORE WITH A FINE DUE TO OUTSTANDING CIRCUMSTANCES OF COVID AND THEN OF THE TENANTS PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL EVICTION MORATORIUM, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN MY POWER AS A LANDLORD AS SOON AS I COULD TO RATE THE SITUATION.
I'VE NOT ASKED FOR FORBEARANCE FROM ANY INSTITUTION THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC, BUT I'M ASKING FOR IT NOW.
IF ANY FURTHER AT THIS POINT, NO.
AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION, ANGELICA'S NEED CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY. THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION AND A REDUCTION OF THIS LINE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
MR. BILO, DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S TESTIMONY? I CAUGHT ABOUT HALF OF WHAT SHE TESTIFIED TO WAS THAT THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO A REDUCTION IN THE FINE, THE PROPERTIES IN ALLIANCE, AND THAT.
THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS ARE SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
OK. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS OTHER THAN WHEN AND HOW CAN I TAKE.
IF THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO BE REDUCED TO 750, I WILL DO THAT.
NORMALLY, THE ORDER PROVIDES FOR PAYMENT TO BE MADE IN 30 DAYS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE FOR YOU OR NOT? THIRTY EIGHT, OK, 30 DAYS, OK? YES, PERFECT, YEAH, I CAN I COULD PAY TODAY.
OK, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IF IT'S NOT PAID WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THEN THE CURRENT FINE IS REINSTATED.
I UNDERSTAND. OK, THEN I'LL ENTER IN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT AND.
THERE'S NO ONE ELSE HERE FOR THE OTHER CASES.
OH, AND I SAW IN THE MINUTES OF THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING THERE BEING NO FURTHER
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