GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JIM BEADLE.
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I'M THE PERSON APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONDUCT.[CALL TO ORDER]
SPECIAL MAGISTRATE APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTION AND CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS.GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR MATTERS THAT COME BEFORE THIS OR THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ARE FOR THE APPLICANT TO COME BEFORE UP TO THE MICROPHONE, IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AND PRESENT THEIR CASE AS TO WHY OR WHAT THE JUSTIFICATION IS FOR THE REDUCTION.
THE CITY ENDED UP TESTIFYING TO OR PRESENTING EVIDENCE ABOUT.
AND THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL PROCEDURE THE CLERK WILL SWEAR YOU IN.
ANYONE THAT'S GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY.
SO FOR THE CLERK TO SWEAR ANY WITNESSES IN, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
[SWEARING IN]
YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THINK YOU MAY BE SEATED.OUR FIRST CASE TO BE HEARD TODAY IS CV 22275, DASH TWO ONE FROM 1790 APOLLO AVENUE SOUTHEAST.
[PETITION FOR RELIEF]
SO AFTERNOON.IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS.
ADDRESS 1791 PALO AVENUE, PALM BAY, FLORIDA.
YEAH. I'M HERE FOR THE ASK FOR A REDUCTION IN THE FEES OWED FOR THE VIOLATION THAT WAS.
BIRD. NEED JUSTIFICATION OR REQUEST FOR THE BASIS.
IT'S THAT AMOUNT IS KIND OF HARD TO.
IT'S VERY FINANCIALLY IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO.
AND I COMPLY WITH IT AT THIS TIME.
IT'S ACTUALLY FOR A VACANT LOT NEXT TO ME.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T I DIDN'T EVEN I WASN'T REALLY AWARE OF IT UNTIL NOW.
AND NOW IT'S KIND OF BEEN OCCURRING, I GUESS, OCCURRING FEES.
I'M JUST ASKING IF I CAN GET SOME KIND OF.
YOU WANT TO LOCK THE DOOR NEXT DOOR TO YOU? AND THE VIOLATION WAS ON THE LOT.
STANDARD. THERE WAS A DEAD TREE, AS I'M READING THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, IT WAS.
IT WAS ENTANGLED WITH THE PENAL LINE THAT WAS GOING.
I KIND OF JUST WENT AHEAD AND DID IT MYSELF.
AT THE TIME, NO, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FINES THAT WAS BEING INCURRED.
AND WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT IT? PROBABLY THREE WEEKS AGO WHEN I'M TRYING TO DO A REFINANCE.
AND THEY DID A TITLE SEARCH AND SEEING THAT THE LENS WAS ON THERE.
FOR VALERIE PRISON'S CODE COMPLIANCE.
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THE MAIN THING.THE ACTUAL ORDER FROM THE BOARD FINDING OF FACTS JUST AS EXCESSIVE VEGETATION CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND A SERIOUS THREAT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT A DEAD TREE, NOR A VACANT LOT.
I KNOW WHERE IT SAYS. IT SAYS ON THE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT IT SAYS.
ISSUE THAT IT WASN'T THE DEAD TREE, THEN I NEED TO KNOW THAT.
IT WAS A PEPPER TREE THAT WAS THAT WAS KIND OF OVERGROWN.
IT WAS OVERGROWN. SO IT HAS SOME LIMBS THAT WERE.
SO IS THE WHAT WAS THE VIOLATION THEN? WASN'T THE DEAD TREE.
9341 WAS SITED UNDER TALL GRASS AND WEEDS AND DEAD TREE, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ONE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WE USE IF IT IS TALL GRASS AND WEEDS OR COULD BE A DEAD TREE, THEY USE THAT SAME CODE.
BUT IT APPEARS THAT THE OFFICER CITED HIM FOR THE EXCESS VEGETATION.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE EXCESS OF VEGETATION WAS.
I CAN'T TELL. SO QUITE PICTURES.
SO I CAN'T TELL WHAT'S EXCESSIVE VEGETATION.
THAT BACK RIGHT HAND CORNER BEHIND THE TRAILER.
IS THE EXCESSIVE VEGETATION, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF IT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE.
BIRDS ALREADY MADE A DECISION THAT THE VIOLATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ABILITY TO GO BACK AND.
I CAN. RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE VIOLATION WAS BACK THEN.
I JUST. BUT WHAT? WHEN? WHEN WAS THAT? SO THAT YOU TOOK THAT OUT.
WHEN WAS THAT? WHEN DID YOU DO THAT? THAT WAS PROBABLY.
NOW. IT WAS ONLY THE DATE FOR THE VIOLATION.
COMPLIANCE WAS AUGUST 26, 2021, AND IT COMPLIED ALMOST A YEAR TO THE DATE.
SO IT'S IT'S BEEN SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR THAT HE'S BEEN IN COMPLIANCE.
THE RECORDS INDICATE THAT THE NOTICE FOR THE HEARING.
DELIVERED AND LEFT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL HAVE.
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WANT TO SEE A COPY OF THE.NO, I MEANT WHO I JUST WANTED.
OK. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING IN YOUR RECORDS THAT INDICATE WHO THE DELIVERY WAS? NO, THEY JUST PUT THAT IT WAS DELIVERED LIVER LEFT WITH INDIVIDUAL MAY 28TH AT 12:58 P.M..
2021. THERE WAS A REAL HECTIC LAST FIVE YEARS.
THAT HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO A REDUCTION OF THIS LIEN.
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE $750 ADMINISTRATION COSTS.
HE PAID. HERE'S THAT THE OWNERS DID TAKE.
ACTION IS WITHIN THE YEAR TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE.
IF WE WANT TO DO A REDUCTION OF.
HIGH PERCENT OF WHAT'S OWED, PLUS THE 750.
WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHAT I GOT FOR IT.
SO 5% OF THE TOTAL THAT WAS OWED COMES OUT TO $921.36, 750 FOR THE ADMIN.
OR THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING.
THE AMOUNT OF THE LEAN WAS 18,424.
BUT WE'RE REDUCING IT DOWN TO $1,671.24.
THAT'S THE CITY. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR REQUEST TO THE MAGISTRATE.
OKAY. AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO.
SO THE END RESULT WOULD BE ASKING FOR ME TO PAY THE.
I MEAN, FREAKING. YES, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I'M FINE WITH THAT. AS LONG AS YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, THAT'LL AND I'LL ENTER IN ORDER TO.
OKAY. I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, IF HE CAN GET ANY LOWER THAN THAT, I WOULDN'T BE OBLIGED.
BUT, YOU KNOW. HE'D BRING UP THE OTHER ASPECT OF THIS, NO MATTER WHAT THE ORDER IS.
FORMALLY PROVIDE IN THE ORDER THAT HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS OR THE ORIGINAL FINE IS REINSTATED.
DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 30 DAYS? AS OF TODAY.
THOUSAND PLUS GETS REINSTATED.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STANDING HERE BEFORE ME THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT IN 30 DAYS.
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YEAH, I COULD. I CAN MAKE IT IF I COULD TAKE A IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO REFINANCE.SO HOW LONG THAT'S GOING TO TAKE? THAT'S RIGHT. REDUCE.
AND IF YOU DON'T PAY IT WITHIN 45 DAYS, YOU NEED TO COME BACK.
OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS CV 19629-19 AT 1460 WALDRON STREET SOUTHEAST.
AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
I'M MAURICIO. THIS IS MY BUDDY HARVEY.
I'M HERE AND I'M HERE. AND I AM.
WELL, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE LIENS.
I ALSO OWN TWO OTHER LOTS UP THERE AND THEY HAVE OUR EMAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE WE PAY WATER BILLS.
I MEAN, EVEN FOR THIS ONE AT 1460, I HAVE COPIES OF WATER BILLS THAT WE'VE PAID.
SO IT'S VERY SURPRISING THAT WE DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT IT UNTIL.
WELL, HERE'S THAT ISSUE AND I'LL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE AND WE'LL GET TO THE MAIN PART OF THIS AS FAR AS NOTICES ARE CONCERNED FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE.
THEY'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO GO AND CHECK ALL THE OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS.
STATUTES SET UP THAT THE NOTICES THAT THEY SEND OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS GO TO THE PROPERTY THAT'S LISTED ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS RECORDS OR THE TAX COLLECTORS RECORDS.
SO IF THOSE AREN'T THE ADDRESSES.
NOW. THEY WERE GOING TO MY OLD ADDRESS, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
WHERE DOES THE NOTICE? BECAUSE THE NOTICE IS WOULD HAVE GONE NOW.
BUT YOU SAID YOU HAVE OTHER LOTS.
MY POINT IS IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE ADDRESS THAT YOU HAVE MAINTAINED WITH THOSE TWO ENTITIES.
IS THIS MAIL ONLY OR MAIL AN EMAIL? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS EMAIL FOR FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW THE STATUTES SET UP.
STATUTE SAYS YOU HAVE TO SEND IT OUT.
I UNDERSTAND. THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW THE NOTICES GET SENT.
IT'S A CODE. ENFORCEMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN LIKE WATER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. VERY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT AND AGAIN.
THERE IS A SPECIFIC STATUTE THAT THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.
E MAILING IS NOT PART OF THAT STATUTE.
WE HAD NO IDEA. THANKS FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME.
OKAY. JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, AS OF FEBRUARY 8TH THIS YEAR, THE ADDRESS IS STILL SHOWING.
SO. OKAY, SO NOW I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU AS TO WHAT YOUR BASIS FOR SEEKING THE REDUCTION.
THE SECOND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WE TOOK ACTION.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE ALSO TOOK CARE OF A I BELIEVE THERE WAS A 2022 LIEN THAT WAS PLACED.
AND I IMMEDIATELY PAID FOR THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU AND SEE IF WE COULD NEGOTIATE DOWN THE AMOUNT OF THE OF THE LIEN BECAUSE IT WAS $100 A DAY, WHICH IS A LOT OF MONEY TAKING A BATH AND A LOT OF MONEY ON THE RIGHT.
FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS OR SO ALMOST.
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CITY'S POSITION THAT HE HAS NO OBJECTION IN A REDUCTION OF THIS LEAN WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION.IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD.
SORRY. VALERIE PARSONS CODE COMPLIANCE.
THE CITY IS ALSO ASKING FOR FIVE OR 15% OF THE TOTAL LIEN, WHICH COMES OUT TO $592.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE AMOUNT OF THE LOCK CUT THAT THE CITY HAD TO PAY, WHICH IS $285.75.
THE TOTAL COMES OUT TO $1,627.
WAS THE PROPERTY. DID THE PROPERTY NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE ONCE THE MOWING WAS DONE BY THE CITY? ONCE THE MOWING IS DONE BY THE CITY, IT IS THEN IN COMPLIANCE.
TO THIS. WORKSHEET THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED.
AMOUNT THAT'S INDICATED AS BEING OWED.
IT'S ON THE FINES IS 42, 51, 75.
MY MATH IS CORRECT. FINED 3630 700.
THE INTEREST. WHAT'S THE INTEREST? BUT.
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MAKING SURE THE MATH WAS.SO THE TOTAL FINE THAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING IS 1620 $7.75.
$592 IS BASICALLY HARD COST TO THE CITY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR RESPONSE IS TO THE CITY'S POSITION, BUT THAT'S THEIR POSITION.
I WOULD LIKE TO. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE $280, $750 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT WAS, IF YOU ASK.
AND I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR NOT GETTING IN TOUCH WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT ABOUT MY ADDRESS.
BUT I GOT IN TOUCH WITH EVERYBODY ELSE EXCEPT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
HOW COULD I KNOW TO CONTACT WATER, CONTACT THIS GUY.
OH, AND BY THE WAY, YOU ALSO NEED TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND THE FACT THAT THE SECOND WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, WE SPOKE UP AND SAID, LOOK, HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THIS? I CONCUR.
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IT WAS. I WANT TO REDUCE THE FINE TO 1200 DOLLARS.SLIGHT ENHANCEMENT. OUT OF THE FINE.
THE 15%, A LITTLE LESS THAN 5% IN.
AND IN ORDER TO FIND A 1200 DOLLARS.
I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT IF I MAY ASK, WHY DOES THE RS 1200? AND WHY IS THIS GENUINE THOUSAND 500? IT STARTED AT 18,000.
THIS IS DIFFERENT. CASE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND GRANDSTAND, THOUGH.
YEAH, WE APPRECIATE IT. WE WANT TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
WHATEVER. YOU GUYS COULD DO SOMETHING, BUT.
YOU CAN PAY IT WHENEVER YOU WANT TO.
IT'S JUST AN OUTSIDE, RIGHT? IF I PAID IT, LIKE RIGHT NOW, COULD I JUST.
COULD WE DISCOUNT IT ANYMORE OR.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A DISCOUNT AND AN EXTRA 15.
WE DON'T MEAN A DISCOUNT. WE JUST MEANT MORE HELP YOU'RE GIVING US.
THANK YOU. GET A COPY OF THE ORDER.
WELL, WE GET A MOTIVATION NOW.
AND HOW HOW CAN I GO ABOUT AND PAINT THE SAME PROCESS I DID BEFORE? OK. OKAY.
AND THEN HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE WE GET A RELEASE OF LANE? RIGHT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH THE CLOSING OF OF THE PROPERTY.
SO TO JUST BE LESS APPRECIATE THAT EVERY TIME.
A CV 23043-22 AT 1498 BEECH STREET SOUTHEAST.
AND THIS IS A PHONE CONFERENCE.
MR. STRAUSS, CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. MY NAME IS JIM BEADLE.
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THEN THE CITY WILL RESPOND, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE CITY'S EVIDENCE AFTER THAT.YOU UNDERSTAND? SO YOU CAN PROCEED THEN.
MY CLIENT HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE HEIRS OF THE HALLIWELL'S TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND HAS ALREADY INVESTED SIGNIFICANT FUNDS INTO IT, INCLUDING A REROOF COMPLETE REROOF.
COMMITMENT SEARCH. A LEAN SEARCH.
IT WASN'T RECORDED UNTIL SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER IT WAS ENTERED.
BUT AS SOON AS HE BECAME AWARE OF IT, THE.
IT WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE.
IT WAS AN OVERGROWN LAWN, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, OVERGROWN A LOT, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, NOT QUITE AS MUCH OF A HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERN AS SOME THINGS SAY IS AN UNCOVERED POOL OR AN OPEN POOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IT WAS ADDRESSED AS SOON AS IT WAS BROUGHT TO HIS ATTENTION.
IT IS IN HIS BEST INTEREST TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
HE WILL NOT BE AN END USER, BUT HE IS TRYING TO PROTECT HIS INVESTMENT.
BUT HE'S ALSO TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE WITH COSTS.
I UNDERSTAND FROM PRIOR MITIGATION HEARINGS THAT THE COUNTIES OR THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS CANNOT BE ADDRESSED. BUT BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THE FINES THEMSELVES BE REDUCED OR ELIMINATED IF POSSIBLE. BUT IT.
THAT ALL YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE PARSONS, CODE COMPLIANCE SUPERVISOR.
WE ARE ASKING FOR 15% OF THE TOTAL LEAN DUE, WHICH IS $6,996.69.
15% REDUCTION COMES OUT TO OR 15% OF THAT COMES OUT TO $1,049.50.
TOTAL TO BE PAID WOULD BE $1,799.50.
NO OBJECTION ON MY PART, MR. BEEDLE. YOU DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
THEN I'LL ENTER AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT.
NORMALLY, WHAT HAPPENS NORMALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT.
NONE WHATSOEVER. THEN THE ORDER WILL PROVIDE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PAID IN 30, I MEAN.
AND THE TOTAL WOULD BE 1,007.9 9.50.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION.
YES, SIR. HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK THE CITY AS WELL.
I SIGNED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING OF JANUARY 18TH, AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:40 P.M..
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.