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I LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARINGS OF JANUARY 17TH, 2020 FOR ITS 1:01 P.M..
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MY NAME IS JAMES BEADLE.I'M THE PERSON THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS, AND THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT THE APPLICANT, AFTER BEING SWORN IN BY THE CLERK, WILL COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND PRESENT THEIR CASE AS TO THE JUSTIFICATION FOR REDUCING THE FINE, AND THEN THE CITY WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. AND THEN YOU, AS THE APPLICANT, WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMENT ON WHATEVER INFORMATION THE CITY PROVIDES.
AND AT THIS POINT, I'LL HAVE THE CLERK'S WHEREVER YOU WANT IN.
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IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, CAN YOU PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED.READY, MR. BEADLE? YES. OUR FIRST CASE TO BE HEARD TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA.
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IT'S CB 19346-18 AT 747 DAVIDSON STREET SOUTHEAST.HELLO. MY NAME IS SELENA STATHAM.
BECAUSE, I THINK I GOT A FINE AGAINST THE HOUSE.
ACCORDING TO THE LIST, IT'S OVER $176,000.
IT ALL STARTED, BEFORE THE COVID AND THEN THE COVID HIT, AND THEN EVERYTHING WAS LOCKED DOWN.
SO I WASN'T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AT THAT TIME, EVEN FIX THE ROOF.
NOW I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM.
I DON'T HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I THINK THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE.
OKAY. WHAT? WHAT, OR WHEN DID YOU TAKE CARE OF THE FENCE? IN OCTOBER.
OH, THE FENCE THAT WAS, LAST YEAR.
YEAH, THAT LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, 2002 OR 2023, I MEAN, 2022 OR 2023, 2021, I BELIEVE.
YEAH, I DIDN'T BRING THAT RECEIPT WITH ME WITH THE FENCE, BUT THAT SHOULD BE ON RECORD BECAUSE I CAME BACK WITH THE, RECEIPT WITH THE FENCE BEFORE THE COVID HIT. YEAH, THAT WAS ALREADY DONE AND SETTLED.
OKAY, I DON'T I THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN I GOT TAKEN CARE OF.
DID YOU WRITE IT? THEY DO HAVE THE PAPERWORK FOR THE ROOF IN HERE, AND THAT WAS DONE IN NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. YES.
AND WHAT IS IT YOU'RE ASKING FOR ME TO DO? WELL, I DON'T HAVE $200,000.
THERE'S NOTHING IN YOUR APPLICATION.
OH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
YEAH. REDUCED TO THE MINIMUM POSSIBLE.
AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSE? THE CITY OF VALERY ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION, TO A REDUCTION OF THE LIEN ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE SEEKING 4% OF THE TOTAL AND THE $750 ADMIN FEE.
SO 4% OF THE 176 150 903 COMES OUT TO $7,046.36.
PLUS THE 750 COMES OUT TO A TOTAL OF $7,796.36.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THAT? THAT'S STILL A LOT, BUT I DON'T HAVE $8,000 LIKE TODAY.OKAY. HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY TO HAVE THE FENCE REPAIRED? 4000. AND THE ROOF WAS ALMOST 15,000.
THAT'S LIKE 19,000 RIGHT THERE.
I UNDERSTAND. AND THIS IS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INSURANCE MONEY.
THAT'S WHY IT TOOK ME SO LONG.
I'M NOT FUSSING WITH YOU. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO ENTER AN ORDER REDUCING THE FINE.
TO REIMBURSE THE CITY'S COST OF 750 $50 AND.
NOW ALLOW THE CITY 1% OF WHAT THEY'RE SEEKING OF THE PERCENTAGE, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER $1,761.51.
SO IT'LL BE ABOUT $2,300 TOTAL.
DO YOU HAVE A DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE? PAYING THIS IN 30 DAYS.
NORMALLY THE ORDER PROVIDES FOR PAYMENT IN 30 DAYS.
NO, I NEED MORE TIME THAN 30 DAYS BECAUSE MY MORTGAGE IS $1,500, SO I GOTTA PAY THE MORTGAGE.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M ASKING, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING THIS IN 30 DAYS? THE $2,300 THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE REDUCED TO? THE THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IF YOU DON'T PAY IT IN THE 30 DAYS, THE FINE GETS REINSTATED.
OH, GOD. OKAY, I COULD I GET MORE TIME THAN 30 DAYS.
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU NEED? THREE MONTHS.
OKAY, I'LL GIVE YOU 90 DAYS TO PAY IT.
AND IF IT'S NOT PAID IN THAT TIME, THEN THE ORIGINAL FINE GETS REINSTATED.
YES, MA'AM. THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.
I'LL PROVIDE AN ORDER IN THE CITY.
OKAY. OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD.
YOU'RE WELCOME. IS ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA? IT'S CB 2303322 AT 749 FERNANDINA STREET NORTHWEST.
MY NAME IS DOCTOR WILL JIMENEZ.
I'M THE OWNER OF RIP LOG INVESTMENTS.
WE JUST PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ON DECEMBER 12TH.
WE FIXED ALL THE LIEN ISSUES DURING THAT FIRST WEEK.
WE CAME IN HERE DECEMBER 19TH TO REPORT IT.
THE PREVIOUS OWNER FELL ILL, AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, HE'S NOW IN ASSISTED LIVING.
WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE FAMILY'S TRUST.
WE'RE HOLDING THE FUNDS IN ESCROW.
BUT ANY REDUCTIONS WE CAN GET IS GOING BACK TO THE FAMILY FOR HIS CARE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF MY GOAL TODAY TO GET THESE AS REDUCED AS POSSIBLE.
OKAY. WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION REGARDING THIS? THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REDUCTION OF THE LEON WEIR.
VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 13% OF THE TOTAL COST, WHICH COMES OUT TO $3,142.94, PLUS THE 750 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. AND THE TOTAL IS $3,892.94.
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AND WHAT'S YOUR POSITION REGARDING THIS? I THINK THAT'S VERY GENEROUS OF THE CITY.AGAIN, THIS IS MORE FOR, THE PREVIOUS HOMEOWNER'S CARE.
SO ANY REDUCTIONS WE COULD GET AGAIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO US.
IT'S GOING BACK TO THE FAMILY.
SO IF THE CITY THINKS THEY COULD DO A LITTLE BETTER, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I'M GOING TO ENTER AN ORDER REDUCING THE FINE TO $2,750.
JUST BASED ON SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU DESCRIBED.
AGAIN, THE ORDER WILL PROVIDE FOR 30 DAYS.
IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM? NO, THAT'S, JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTION.
CAN I HAVE TITLE REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND DIRECT THAT PAYMENT? OR HOW DO WE WORK THAT OUT? THERE'LL BE AN ORDER ENTERED BY ME, AND THEN YOU CAN PROVIDE THE ORDER, AND I'LL PROVIDE IT TO THE STAFF, AND THEN THEY'LL PROVIDE IT TO WHOEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE SENT TO.
YOU'RE WELCOME. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS CB 2236120 AT 1307 ELDRIDGE BOULEVARD SOUTHEAST.
MISS WIGGINS, WE NEED TO SWEAR YOU IN.
CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
COULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD? BETTY WIGGINS.
OKAY, MISS WIGGINS, YOU WEREN'T HERE FOR THE INTRO.
SO BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THIS IS YOUR PETITION FOR REDUCTION.
OKAY, SO I'LL HEAR WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANT ME TO CONSIDER FOR THE REDUCTION.
OKAY. LIKE, FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, I HADN'T EVEN BURIED MY SON YET.
AND THESE PEOPLE GOT EVICTED UP THE STREET, THE WATERMAN, AND THEY RUN DOWN AND JUMPED IN THE FIFTH WHEEL THAT I HAD PARKED IN MY YARD. AND I HAD TROUBLE MOVING IT BECAUSE WHEN THEY DROPPED IT OFF, THEY JACKKNIFED IT IN THE FRONT YARD.
I GUESS THE GUY DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, AND HE JACKKNIFED IT IN THE FRONT YARD.
SO THEN IT WAS JUST AFTER THAT.
IT WAS, PEOPLE COMING JUST OFF THE STREET, COMING IN.
AND FINALLY WHEN I GOT IT MOVED, THEY HAD TO USE A FORKLIFT TO MOVE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE YARD.
AND THEN I STRUGGLED WITH, THESE SQUATTERS FOR NINE MONTHS.
THEY BASICALLY HAD ME PAY THE WATER AND THE ELECTRIC.
THEY PAID NOTHING AND THEY WERE ADDICTS.
I DID MANAGE TO GET THE LITTLE GIRL.
SHE WAS LIKE TWO WHEN SHE MOVED IN AND THREE WHEN THEY TOOK HER.
I DID MANAGE TO GET DCF OVER THERE AND GET HER OUT OF THE SITUATION, BUT IT WAS A CONSTANT STRUGGLE BETWEEN ME AND THE, PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DID ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.
AND. BASICALLY, IT KEPT GOING AND THEN IT TURNED INTO A JUNKYARD.
THE CITY TOLD ME TO PUT UP A FENCE.
BUT YEAH, IT WAS A JUNKYARD BACK THERE ON THE SIDE OF MY HOUSE.
IT TOOK A COUPLE WEEKS TO DO IT.
I'M DISABLED AND I'VE HAD TO HAVE FRIENDS AND STUFF COME OVER AND HELP ME.
AND AS SOON AS I CAN GET A TAG ON THAT RV, I'M GOING TO BE GETTING IT OUT OF THE YARD ALTOGETHER.
I'VE SOLD THE HOUSE OR THEY'RE WAITING.
THE BUYERS ARE WAITING TO HEAR WHAT HAPPENS HERE, BECAUSE I'M NOT GETTING NEAR ENOUGH MONEY FOR IT AS IT IS, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE AS IS. SOLD.
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MOTHER LEFT IT TO ME IN 2014 AND MY SON, HE WAS IN FORT MYERS.HE WAS COMING OVER HERE AND HE DIED FROM FENTANYL.
AND THEN I TOOK IN A COUPLE OF ROOMMATES THAT HELPED ME.
BUT. BUT WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING WITH HIM.
NOTHING. HE'D BREAK IN THE GARAGE.
HE'D BREAK IN MY HOUSE, HE'D CUT THE POOL.
I JUST PUT IN A NEW MOTOR BECAUSE THE CITY HAD CITED ME ON THAT.
BUT. WHEN HE DID THAT, IT BURNED UP THE MOTOR.
I JUST SUFFERED THREE WEEKS WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICITY.
I HAD TO, GET THE MONEY TOGETHER AND FINISH CLEANING UP.
I DID THE BEST I COULD WITH WHAT I HAD TO WORK WITH.
THEY CALLED ME THIS MORNING AND SAID THAT THEY APPROVED IT.
I DO HAVE TO REMOVE SOME FENCING, FROM UP THE SIDEWALK, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING'S CLEAN.
VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE REDUCTION OF LEAN.
WE'RE LOOKING TO, 11% OF THE TOTAL.
PLUS, THE 750 COMES OUT TO $5,435.16.
BUT WHAT WAS THE NUMBER AGAIN? $5,435.16. THAT'S THE TOTAL WITH THE 750.
DO YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S POSITION? I, IT CAN'T BE PAID UNTIL THE HOUSE IS SOLD.
HE'S. THE THE, BUSINESS IS BUYING IT.
WHEN IS THE CLOSING SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? ON THE HOUSE, SIR? WHEN IS THE CLOSING SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN ON THE HOUSE? AFTER I GIVE THEM A RESPONSE FROM THIS.
I MEAN, IS THERE IS IT THE NEXT DAY? IS IT THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT, OR IS IT A WEEK AFTER THAT OR A MONTH AFTER THAT? I'LL PROBABLY BE THERE ANOTHER 30 DAYS.
MY HANDS. LET ME LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
THE THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WERE THINGS THAT HAPPENED BACK IN 2020.
AND THE TWO ITEMS WERE FAILURE TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN THE SWIMMING POOL.
AND I GUESS THERE WAS SOME ISSUE WITH YOUR GARAGE DOOR.
RIGHT. THE GARAGE DOOR HAD COME OFF TRACK AND I COULDN'T PUT IT BACK UP MYSELF.
SO I DID HAVE SOMEBODY COME OVER AND DO THAT.
AND THE POOL, IT NEEDED SCREENING AND I DID THAT.
AND WHEN DID YOU DO THAT? WELL, I DID IT.
IT WAS LIKE WHEN THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THE POOL.
I DID IT LIKE SHORTLY AFTER THAT.
AND THAT'S WHEN I GOT THE NEW MOTOR THAT THE GUY CUT AND BURNED UP.
WELL, LET ME. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
WHEN? WHEN WAS IT THAT THESE SQUATTERS CAME ON YOUR PROPERTY? NO, THEY CAME IN LAST YEAR.
AND WHO AND WHO TORE UP YOUR PUMP? YOUR SQUATTERS.
I'M SORRY. THE SQUATTERS FOR THE SECOND TIME.
THE FIRST TIME? THE FIRST TIME THE MOTOR HAD JUST BURNED UP AND I HAD TO GO GET ANOTHER ONE.
NO, I I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ALL THAT.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A TIMELINE.
YOU WERE ORIGINALLY CITED BACK IN JUNE OF 2020, RIGHT? NOT LAST YEAR.
WHAT WAS IT THAT YOU FINISHED DOING OR FIXED UP WITH THE POOL BACK IN 2020?
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I BOUGHT ANOTHER MOTOR AND RUN IT.AND AND THEN I HAD TO DO THE SCREEN TOO, BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF IT.
WHAT ABOUT ME? AND WHEN DID YOU DO THAT? LIKE 30, 40 DAYS AFTERWARDS.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU DID THAT IN JULY OF 2020? YEAH, ABOUT. THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT.
AND WHAT ABOUT THE DOOR? THE GARAGE DOOR.
IT JUST HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND PUT BACK UP.
NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M.
WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS, WHEN DID YOU DO THAT? I WAS LIKE TEN DAYS.
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS FROM WHEN? FROM WHEN THEY CITED ME.
I DON'T HAVE THE DATES. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY AGAIN, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUNE OF 2020.
RIGHT. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME BEFORE THE END OF JUNE AND 2020, YOU TOOK CARE OF THE GARAGE DOOR, RIGHT? BECAUSE ALL IT WAS, WAS OFF TRACK.
OKAY. DID YOU CALL THE CITY OF PALM BAY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU TAKE CARE? I DID, I THOUGHT I DID, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A RECORD OF IT, MR. BEADLE. YES.
SHE'S THE OFFICER FOR THAT AREA.
SHE HAD NOTED THAT THE GARAGE DOOR WAS PUT INTO COMPLIANCE ON JANUARY 10TH OF 2020.
AND THE SWIMMING POOL OCTOBER 19TH OF 2022.
OKAY. THERE'S ALSO WHEN I HAD A MAINTENANCE MAN RENTING A ROOM FROM ME, AND HE HE DID THE REPAIRS.
WELL, AGAIN, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT ALL THAT RIGHT NOW.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED.
SO MISS WIGGINS CAME IN, I BELIEVE DECEMBER TO OR NOVEMBER TO APPLY FOR THE DECEMBER.
AND WHEN LISA WENT OUT THERE TO DO THE INSPECTION, THE PROPERTY WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
SO SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE DECEMBER HEARING.
OKAY. BUT SHE ALSO HAS PAPERWORK IN HERE.
THAT I GUESS IN NOVEMBER IS WHEN SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE SQUATTERS OUT.
RIGHT? NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
IS, IS. IS WAS THE FACT THE SQUATTERS WERE THERE.
THERE A REASON WHY SHE COULDN'T COME BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE? BECAUSE THE PROPERTY WAS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
RIGHT. SO THERE WERE ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS AND CORRECT TO THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED IN HERE.
CORRECT? AND WHAT WAS IT THAT NEEDED TO BE DEALT WITH WITH THE POOL? CODE OFFICER LISA WEGGELAND, CITY OF PALM BAY.
I GUESS THERE WAS MISSING SCREENS AROUND THE POOL, AROUND THE BOTTOM.
BUT WHEN I TOOK THIS OVER, I COULD NOT SEE THE SCREENS AND I WAS NOT AWARE.
SO THIS WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS PICKED UP FROM A PREVIOUS CODE OFFICER.
SO WHEN YOU WHEN DID YOU TAKE OVER THE CASE? 2021 I THINK I STARTED 2021, BUT I PUT IT IN COMPLIANCE.
OCTOBER 2022, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MISS WIGGINS FIRST INITIALLY SPOKE WITH ME, AND SHE HAD MENTIONED TO ME THAT THOSE SCREEN ENCLOSURES WERE TAKEN CARE OF BACK WHEN THE GARAGE DOOR WAS.
SO SINCE OCTOBER OF 2022, IT JUST HAD ACCRUED INTEREST.
SO. THE WHEN YOU SAID YOU WENT AND INSPECTED.
CORRECT. I COULD NOT SEE, BUT IT WAS A CASE STARTED BY A PREVIOUS CODE OFFICER.
I JUST DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE WHEN YOU WENT OUT THERE.
RIGHT. AND AND THEY WERE CORRECT.
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DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO DOUBT HER? NO, SIR.SHE HAS DILIGENTLY BEEN IN CONTACT AND HAS DONE EVERYTHING THE CITY HAS ASKED.
THERE WAS JUST LEGAL REASONINGS THAT SHE COULD NOT COMPLY IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I'M GOING TO ENTER AN ORDER REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF THE FINES.
I WILL ALLOW THE 750 FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
BASED ON THE TESTIMONY, AND ESPECIALLY REGARDING MISS WIGGINS CREDIBILITY, IT APPEARS THAT THESE TWO ITEMS THAT SHE WAS CITED FOR WERE RESOLVED NO LATER THAN JULY OF 2020.
I'LL REDUCE THE FINE TO $1,750.
MR. BEETLE. IS THAT WITH THE 750? THAT'S SEVEN. 750.
SO THERE'LL BE AN ORDER ENTERED TO REDUCE EVERYTHING TO $1,750.
THANK YOU SIR. AND THEY'LL BE IN AND.
SO THAT'LL ALLOW AT LEAST ALLOW THE CLOSING TO HAPPEN AND FOR THEM TO PAY THE REDUCED AMOUNT SINCE YOU WEREN'T HERE EARLIER, IF THE AMOUNTS NOT PAID ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THAT'S PROVIDED IN THE ORDER THE ORIGINAL FINE GETS REINSTATED.
OUR LAST CASE TO BE HEARD IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S CB 20713-20 AT 2154 HENRY STREET NORTHEAST.
POSSIBLY SINCE HE DIDN'T COME.
THINK SO? IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE'S GOT HIM ON THE PHONE.
IT'S ACTUALLY ITEM NUMBER TWO, BUT THERE'S TWO NUMBER TWOS.
MR. DONNELLY. JEANNIE'S GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN.
CAN YOU HOLD ON A SECOND? THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE.
SIR, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN HEAR.
FINE. MR. DONNELLY, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? AND DO YOU SWEAR? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
MR. DONNELLY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS JAMES BEADLE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ABOUT WHATEVER THEY PRESENT.
YOU UNDERSTAND? YES, SIR. OKAY, THEN I NEED YOU TO MOVE FORWARD.
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WELL, I GUESS LONG STORY SHORT, I HAD JUST LEARNED ABOUT THESE, THE LIEN THAT WAS FILED WITH THE A FEW YEARS AGO.AND THE NOTICES, I MEAN, AND THIS IS WHERE SOME CONFUSION COMES IN, I'M NOT SURE HOW THE NOTICES WERE SENT TO AN ADDRESS THAT I REALLY HAD NO AFFILIATION WITH.
IT WAS ACTUALLY MY DAUGHTER'S RENTAL ADDRESS SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHERE, I MEAN, SO I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW THAT ADDRESS GOT ASSOCIATED WITH MYSELF.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY WAS A RENTAL PROPERTY AND WAS A NIGHTMARE FROM, FROM DAY TWO.
IT TOOK ME WELL OVER A YEAR TO GET AN EVICTION PROCESS TAKEN CARE OF.
AND, IT TOTALLY DESTROYED MY PIECE OF PROPERTY THERE.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE TRAILER WAS REMOVED? SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
I MEAN, APPARENTLY THE TRAILER WAS SITTING AT THE CURB.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHY WASN'T IT JUST TOWED AWAY? IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY.
I'M JUST HERE TO HEAR YOUR YOUR REQUEST FOR REDUCTION.
WELL, I THINK WHY THINGS WERE DONE, I HAVE NO I HAVE NO, NO KNOWLEDGE OR ANY AUTHORITY OVER SO.
ALL RIGHT I UNDERSTAND. REGARDING YOUR OTHER ISSUE.
SO DO YOU RESIDE AT BECK LAKE TRAIL? I NEVER RESIDED THERE.
OKAY, WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY OR HOW, BUT, THE, THE, THE CITY, OR ACTUALLY ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT WHO PROCEEDS WITH A CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
IS IS ONLY OBLIGATED TO LOOK AT THE PUBLIC RECORDS LISTED IN THE BREVARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE, OR THE TAX COLLECTOR AND, THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEB PAGE BACK IN 2020 REFLECTS THAT.
THE MAILING ADDRESS FOR THIS PROPERTY WAS 4670 BECK LAKE TRAIL, AND I DID VERIFY THAT TO BE A TRUE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT GOT ASSOCIATED TO ME.
OKAY, SO THAT'S THE ADDRESS THAT WAS PROVIDED.
AND THAT'S THE ADDRESS THAT WAS USED.
IT APPEARS THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND.
PUT THE SITE ADDRESS AS YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.
DO YOU LIVE AT HENRY STREET? I DO NOT. WELL, I WILL.
OH. SO ANYWAY, SO I'LL FIND OUT WHAT THE CITY'S POSITION IS REGARDING THIS.
WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
CAN YOU. CAN YOU HEAR MR. DONNELLY? NO, IT'S.
VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I CAN BARELY.
OKAY, SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, MR. BEETLE, ON THIS PROPERTY.
WE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE POLICE HAD BEEN CALLED OUT, AND UTILITIES, ALSO REACHED OUT.
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POLICE WAS CALLED SEVERAL TIMES AND ADVISED THE TENANT THAT THE TRAILER WOULD NEED TO BE MOVED, AND IT WAS REFUSED BY THE TENANT TO MOVE IT.SO THIS IS WHY THIS STAYED IN VIOLATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO A REDUCTION ALONG WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST, AND WE'RE SEEKING 10% OF THE $55,960.44, WHICH COMES OUT TO $5,596.04, PLUS THE $750 ADMINISTRATIVE, FOR A TOTAL OF $6,346.04.
MR. DONNELLY, DID YOU HEAR EVERYTHING THAT THE CODE INSPECTOR SAID? I DID HEAR THAT. THAT'S.
OH MY GOD. NO, BUT DID YOU HEAR WHAT THE ISSUES WERE REGARDING THE TRAILER? YES, I DID, I DID.
OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HEARD THAT PART TOO.
I WISH I HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF THIS.
IT WOULDN'T LISTEN TO, A WORD I SAID IN.
WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THIS? I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THREE WEEKS AGO.
WAS THE TRAILER STILL THERE? NO, THE TRAILER WAS NOT THERE.
IT WAS FINALLY AFTER I GOT THEM TO LEAVE.
WHEN DID THEY LEAVE? IN SEPTEMBER.
DID YOU HAVE TO EVICT THEM? I WENT THROUGH THE EVICTION PROCESS AND THEN THEY KEPT, THEY BROUGHT IT TO TRIAL AT ONE POINT AND THEN.
I WENT THROUGH IT. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE.
WHEN DID YOU ORIGINALLY FILE FOR THE EVICTION? LOOK, IT'S GOING BACK TWO YEARS AGO.
YOU. MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN THAT, ACTUALLY.
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GRANT A REDUCTION IN THE FINE.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM THEIR FULL AMOUNT.
THE. PART OF THE ISSUE OF REMOVAL WAS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE TIED UP IN EVICTION FOR TWO YEARS, TWO PLUS YEARS, AND THE TENANTS FILED BANKRUPTCY, WHICH MEANT HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE TRAILER WAS PARKED OVER CITY METER.
I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE FINE TO $3,500.
PLEASE. MR. DONNELLY, THE WAY THIS PROCESS WORKS IS THAT I PREPARE AN ORDER AND THEN THE ORDER.
THERE'S A PROVISION THAT THE FINE HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
AND IF IT'S NOT PAID, THEN THE ORIGINAL FINE GETS REINSTATED.
ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING THE REDUCED AMOUNT WITHIN 30 DAYS? NO, I SHOULD BE OKAY.
OKAY. THE REASON AGAIN, IF IT'S NOT PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS, THE ORIGINAL FINE GETS REINSTATED.
JUST, YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW THAT.
OKAY, THEN THERE'LL BE AN ORDER ENTERED TO THAT EFFECT.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SIR. YES, SIR.[ADOPTION OF MINUTES]
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