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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MEETING OF OCTOBER 16TH, 2024.
[CALL TO ORDER]
IT'S 1:01 P.M..THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL COME FORWARD TO THE MICROPHONE UP FRONT AND INDICATE WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS TO THE PROPERTY, AND THEN PRESENT THEIR CASE AT THE END OF THE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CLERK AND SWEAR ANYBODY IN THAT'S GOING TO TESTIFY.
[SWEARING IN]
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.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.
[PETITION FOR RELIEF]
OUR FIRST CASE TODAY.KB CV 2429323 AT 773 BRYANT STREET, SOUTHWEST.
I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE OWNERS SINCE LAST MONTH, SO.
WELL THEN AS TO THIS CASE, BASED ON THE PRIOR ORDER ENTERED LAST MONTH, UNLESS THEY SHOW UP LATER TODAY, I'M GOING TO ENTER AN ORDER DISMISSING THE CASE. OKAY.
OUR NEXT CASE IS CV 2324322 AND 866 BELLEVUE STREET NORTHEAST.
GOOD AFTERNOON. JOHN LEWIS, I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
I'M SUPPOSED TO JUST PLEAD MY CASE, I GUESS.
CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY OUT OF FORECLOSURE.
IT WAS A STRUGGLE. THESE PEOPLE WERE VERY, VERY DIRTY PEOPLE.
THE SECOND WE GOT THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE, IT WAS DONE AND CLEANED UP.
I WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CODE OFFICER.
AT ONE TIME. I THOUGHT THAT THIS HAD STOPPED A LONG TIME AGO BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THE SECOND WE GOT THEM OUT, I THINK WE DID 4 OR 5 MORE DUMPSTERS AND GOT ALL THEIR STUFF AND CLEANED THE THE PROPERTY UP, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE HAD THEM REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES.
THIS IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTIES, DIRECT HOME BUYERS LLC.
CORRECT. I'M THE OWNER OF THAT COMPANY.
OKAY. ARE YOU THE MANAGER? I AM A MEMBER. I AM MANAGING MEMBER.
AND WHAT IS IT YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO? I MEAN, I'M HOPING WE COULD GET THE FINES WAIVED.
OKAY. LIKE I SAID, WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD WITHIN OUR POWER, WITHIN THE LAW TO.
I MEAN, WE WHEN WE GOT THE PLACE IN FORECLOSURE, IT WAS LIKE THAT.
AND THE SECOND WE GOT RID OF THEM, WE HAD IT CLEANED UP AND TAKEN CARE OF.
OKAY. IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE TIME WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM TO TO DO ALL THAT.
AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
WE ARE SEEKING 12% OF THE LIEN TOTAL, WHICH IS $33,073.09, AND 12% COMES OUT TO $3,968.77.
THE ADDITIONAL 750 FOR THE ADMIN FEES BRINGS IT TO A TOTAL OF $4,718.77.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THE CITY'S POSITION? IT JUST SEEMS VERY EXCESSIVE TO ME.
AND FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, BE CHARGED.
THAT KIND OF FEE SEEMS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE TO ME.
HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND FOR THE DUMPSTER? OH MY GOODNESS. WELL, I THINK THE TOTAL WE HAD NINE OF THEM AND THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY FOUR, $400 A PIECE, 4 TO 500, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S IN THEM, BECAUSE I THINK WE DID FOUR WHEN THEY WERE IN THE HOUSE AND THEN FIVE WHEN THEY WERE OUT.
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SO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.DURING THE TIME THAT THIS WAS ONGOING WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
WERE YOU ABLE TO ELIMINATE ANY OF THESE VIOLATIONS DURING THE TIME THE FORECLOSURE WAS ONGOING? YES. THE FENCE ONE WE JUST TORE DOWN.
IT WAS IT WAS AN ONGOING, ONGOING BATTLE.
AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU IS, IS DID YOU RESOLVE THE ITEMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS, WHICH WERE WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU SAYS RUBBISH OR GARBAGE ACCUMULATION? WHEN DID YOU TAKE CARE OF THAT? WELL, AGAIN, IT WAS WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT AND THEN IT WOULD COME BACK.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ULTIMATELY TAKE CARE OF IT, ALL OF IT, UNTIL THEY WERE OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
STORAGE OF A JUNK OR DISCARDED VEHICLE? YES, THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF, BUT I'M ASKING WHEN.
OH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATE OF WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED.
WHEN? IN RELATION TO WHEN YOU INITIATED THE FORECLOSURE.
EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. ONE MORE.
WHAT, DID YOU BUY THIS AT A FORECLOSURE SALE OR.
WE BOUGHT IT. WE BOUGHT IT PRIOR THE DAY OR TWO BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE.
OKAY, SO YOU DID NOT DO THE FORECLOSURE? NO. YEAH, WE BOUGHT IT PRIOR TO THE FORECLOSURE SALE.
CORRECT. DID YOU DO A TITLE SEARCH BEFOREHAND? YES. AND THIS SHOWED UP BEFOREHAND? NO, IT WASN'T ON.
IT WASN'T ON WHAT? THE CODE STARTED AFTER WE BOUGHT IT.
WHEN DID YOU BUY IT? BY THE PROPERTY.
THIS SHOWS NOVEMBER 16TH OF 21.
I THOUGHT WAIT, YOU KNOW WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS 22.
EXCUSE ME. IT SAYS 21 HERE AT PROPERTY APPRAISERS.
THEN IT ALSO DOESN'T SHOW A FORECLOSURE EITHER, SO.
WELL, AGAIN, WE BOUGHT IT PRIOR TO THE TO THE SALE.
WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE OWNER BEFORE IT WENT TO SALE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT WAS IT WAS GOING TO SAIL IMMINENTLY.
OKAY. AND THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING WITH THE THE OWNER.
WELL, THE OTHER THE OTHER ITEMS WERE AN RVS PARKED ON THE STREET SIDE OF A CORNER LOT AND WAS NOT SCREENED IN THE BACK CORNER. YEAH.
THAT WAS WE HAD TO REMOVE THAT WHEN THEY WHEN THEY LEFT.
OKAY. SO THAT WASN'T RESOLVED UNTIL THEY.
CORRECT. OKAY. I MEAN, IT DIDN'T BELONG TO US, SO.
THE OTHER ITEMS WERE TALL GRASS AND WEEDS OR UNDERGROWTH.
YEAH. THAT WAS THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF THE WHOLE TIME.
THE WHOLE TIME? YEAH, THAT WAS THAT WAS MODE AND TAKING CARE OF.
THE MAIN THING WAS THE EYESORE OF THE TRASH.
YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THEY WERE JUST DIRTY PEOPLE.
SO WERE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM.
WELL, LET ME GO BACK ONE STEP.
ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU THAT THE VIOLATIONS WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TO? WERE THEY. WERE THEY TENANTS IN THE HOUSE OR WERE THEY THE TENANTS? BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED IS THEN THEN THEY WENT TO THE COUNTY OR THE CITY AND GOT RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO BE ABLE TO STAY THERE FOR A WHILE. SO THEY WERE.
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THAT WAS FROM WHEN IT WENT TO.LOOKS LIKE OCTOBER OF 2022 BECAUSE IT WENT TO THE BOARD.
THIS WAS TITO'S CASE ORIGINALLY.
DID YOU ATTEND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD HEARING WHERE THEY FOUND THE VIOLATIONS.
ARE YOU AWARE OF WHAT THE ADDRESS IS FOR THIS PROPERTY? FOR PROVIDING NOTICES.
AM I AWARE OF THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY? NO. THE ADDRESS THAT'S PROVIDED FOR PROVIDING NOTICES REGARDING THE PROPERTY.
WHAT ADDRESS WOULD THAT BE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE.
IT'S. WELL, IT'S THE ONE THE CITY USED.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU DIDN'T GET NOTICE THE PROPERTY.
THE NOTICES WERE SENT TO 901 NORTH POINT PARKWAY, SUITE 310, WEST PALM BEACH.
YEAH, THAT IS MY. THAT IS MY ADDRESS.
WELL, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MY QUESTION WAS.
I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING WHAT DATE WAS WOULD THAT BE FOR WHAT YOU SAID YOU SENT SOMETHING TO.
OKAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE DATE? AUGUST 2022.
THAT IS MY OFFICE ADDRESS. THAT IS CORRECT.
IT'S ACCORDING TO THIS. IT WAS DELIVERED AT THE FRONT DESK TO THE FRONT DESK.
DID YOU HAVE TO FILE AN EVICTION ACTION AGAINST THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THERE? YES. WHEN DID YOU FILE THAT? LET ME THINK. LET ME GET MY YEARS.
AND WHEN WAS THE FINAL JUDGMENT ENTERED? 30 DAYS AFTER.
OKAY. SO THEY'VE BEEN OUT SINCE? YEAH. BASICALLY THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE THAT AS FAR AS THE CITY WAS CONCERNED, THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES HADN'T BEEN RESOLVED YET? WHEN I WENT TO GO SELL A DIFFERENT PROPERTY THAT I HAVE IN THE COUNTY, WHICH WAS ONE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER.
YEAH, BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
IT POPPED UP ON A TITLE REQUEST FOR A DIFFERENT PROPERTY.
DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THE TESTIMONY GIVEN BY MR. LEWIS IS TO THE CONTRARY OF WHAT HE TESTIFIED? AS FAR AS HAVING THE PROPERTY CLEANED UP WITHIN A SHORTLY AFTER THE TENANTS WERE EVICTED.
VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER ON THE NOTES ON THE CASE.
I BELIEVE ANGELICA WENT OUT THERE AND SHE HAD PLACED THIS IN COMPLIANCE ON AUGUST 8TH.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHAT I'M ASKING IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO DOUBT THE TESTIMONY OF MR. LEWIS THAT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OR WITH SHORTLY AFTER THE TENANTS WERE EVICTED, THAT THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE? AND WHEN WERE THEY EVICTED? AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, LIKE JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
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WE DON'T I WOULD HAVE TO SAY YES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROPERTY.ALL RIGHT. BASED UPON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED, I'M GOING TO REDUCE THE DEFINE TO $2,250.
I'M TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT THAT THE THE PETITIONER DID EXPEND AND NOT INSIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO CLEAN THE PROPERTY UP.
BUT BASED ON MR. LEWIS'S TESTIMONY, IT WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE SHORTLY AFTER.
THE TENANTS WHO WERE THE CAUSE OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE REMOVED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
AND NORMALLY I PUT IN THE ORDER IT HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
OKAY. THEN IT'S GOING TO BE $2,250, THEN PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS.
OUR NEXT CASE IS GOING TO BE ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA.
SEP 1972719 AND 1881 BROOKSIDE STREET NORTHEAST.
MY NAME IS BRIDGET DEVRIES, AND I LIVE AT THE HOME.
I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, AND YOU GRACIOUSLY REDUCED MY FINE AND GAVE ME 60 DAYS TO GET THE PROPERTY UP TO CODE, WHICH I DID DO SOME OF IT.
THE BACKYARD WAS CLEANED OUT AND EVERYTHING.
SO MY PATIO ROOF IS NOT BROKEN INTO.
BUT THAT BEING SAID MY ISSUES WITH THE BANK, I THINK ARE WORKED OUT WITH THE CURRENT BANK, WITH THE LOAN ON THE HOUSE.
AND SO I AM I HAVE MOVED FORWARD TO SECURE A NEW LOAN AND GET THE ROOF PUT ON THE ROOFER THAT I HAD THE CONTRACT WITH IS READY TO PUT THE ROOF ON THE HOUSE.
I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT UNTIL I KNEW FOR SURE THAT I WAS GOING TO GET EVERYTHING SORTED WITH THE ONE BANK SO I CAN MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BE IN DEBT FOR TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
SO I AM RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION TO PAY THAT I, THE ROOFER, IS GOING TO PUT THE ROOF ON THE HOUSE, BUT WITHOUT THE THE NEW LOAN, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THE FINE TO THE CITY IN ANY CASE, WHICH IS WHAT I HAD EXPLAINED TWO MONTHS AGO.
HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU GOING TO NEED? I WOULD LIKE TWO MORE MONTHS, BUT I WILL TAKE WHATEVER.
OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO GRANT HER EXTENSION.
OKAY. I'M GOING TO ORDER EXTENDING ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA CB 2360323 AT 2995.
AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO THIS ONE AS A PHONE CONFERENCE.
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I'M. SO.I'M GOING TO TURN IT UP PRETTY LOUD AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE OKAY.
GENE IS GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN FIRST, SO HOLD ON FOR THAT OKAY.
BRIDGET. OH, IS IT BRIDGET? BRIDGET. DEBRA OR.
MISS PATRICIA, CAN YOU HEAR ME? PATRICIA, CAN YOU HEAR HER? YES, MA'AM.
OKAY. 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? I DO, THANK YOU.
MISS GARRETT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M DOING GOOD. Y'ALL SOUND LIKE YOU'RE IN A WELL.
OKAY. MY NAME IS JAMES BEADLE.
AND THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS FOR THE APPLICANT, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS YOU OR THE THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE TO PRESENT THE CASE TO SUPPORT YOUR POSITION.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE PROCEDURE? I DO.
IT IS IT IS HARD TO HEAR YOU, BUT I, I GOT IT, I GOT IT.
OKAY, THEN YOU CAN PROCEED THEN.
PARDON? YOU CAN PROCEED WITH PRESENTING YOUR CASE.
SO WHAT I AM LOOKING AT FOR THIS CODE VIOLATION IS TO GET A REDUCTION.
THIS PROPERTY WENT THROUGH FORECLOSURE, AND WE'VE GOT THE NEW DEEDS, ALL OF THAT FOR IT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A REDUCTION INSTEAD OF THE FULL AMOUNT ON THIS DUE TO WE COULDN'T GO ON THE PROPERTY WHILE IT WAS STILL OCCUPIED.
AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT WE COULD NOT ATTEND TO.
AND I'M NOT ASKING TO MAKE IT ALL GO AWAY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REDUCTION ON THIS.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME? PARDON? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER AT THIS TIME? I HEARD DO I HAVE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT WAS IN BETWEEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THAT YOU WANT TO PRESENT AT THIS TIME? NO, SIR.
IF YOU NEED ME TO SEND YOU A COPY OF THE DEED.
IT'S IN THE PACKAGE FOR HERE, SO.
OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION.
I CAN HARDLY HEAR YOU, SO I DOUBT SHE CAN.
VALERIE ZINS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.
THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REDUCTION OF THE LIEN.
WE ARE SEEKING 13% OF THE TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT, WHICH IS $22,666.60.
13% COMES OUT TO $2,946.66, WITH A $750 ADMINISTRATION FEE.
THE TOTAL COMES OUT TO $3,696.66.
DID YOU HEAR HER? $2,946.66 WITH A $750 ADMIN FEE COMING TO
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3696 66.GIVE ME THE PAYOFF DATE AND LET ME GET THIS PROCESSED.
WELL, NORMALLY I PUT 30 DAYS IN THE ORDER.
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THAT, I CAN GIVE A SMALL EXTENSION.
NO, I WOULD JUST NEED A DOCUMENT SHOWING THAT THIS IS THE PAYOFF AMOUNT.
AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID AND TAKING THE TIME OUT TO SPEAK WITH ME.
THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HANG UP NOW, AND YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM JEANIE.
SHE'LL BE EMAILING YOU SOMETHING.
BYE BYE. I SIGNED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 127.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.