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[CALL TO ORDER ]

[00:00:02]

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CALL THE DECEMBER 11TH, 2024 CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING TO ORDER.

IT IS 112.

[SWEARING IN ]

WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE SWEARING IN.

ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND SO THAT YOU CAN BE SWORN IN.

DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. MAY BE SEATED.

[ADOPTION OF MINUTES ]

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES.

I REVIEWED THE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH'S MEETING BEFORE BEFORE THIS MEETING.

AND THEY WERE ALL EVERYTHING WAS IN ORDER AND HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.

[REPORTS (1 of 2) ]

SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO REPORTS.

I HAVE ONE CASE TO BE HEARD ON THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINE REPORTS.

THAT IS CB 521724 AT 610 EMERSON DRIVE, NORTHEAST.

THE CODE OFFICER TODAY IS ANGELICA SNEED.

OKAY. ANGELICA SNEED, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY.

VIOLATIONS STILL EXIST AT 610 EMERSON DRIVE, NORTHEAST.

THE RESPONDENT IS HERE TO ASK FOR MORE TIME AND ON BEHALF OF PUBLIC WORKS, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT EITHER.

OKAY. AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

HELLO. HI. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS KENNETH SNYDER.

OKAY. I'M REQUESTING MORE TIME TO GET THIS VIOLATION CORRECTED.

AT LEAST 60 DAYS.

OKAY. IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF VENDORS GETTING A BID TO GET THIS THING COMPLETED.

OKAY. 60 DAYS, IS THAT IS THAT THE DATE, LIKE THE CONTRACTOR HAS GIVEN YOU THAT ESTIMATE OR IS.

I WAS ASKED TO ASK FOR THAT FROM MY MANAGER, JUST FOR THE EXTRA TIME, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES GET DONE.

I WILL AS SOON AS I'M APPROVED AND ASSIGNED TO THE VENDOR, I WILL BE ON THEM AND GET IT DONE WITHIN 30.

IF IF I CAN GET IT APPROVED, OKAY THEN THEN THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE.

I WAS ON LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND THIS GOT THROWN ON ME.

I JUST CAME BACK ON NOVEMBER.

SO WHEN I GOT BACK, THEY WERE LIKE, HERE YOU GO.

SO HERE I AM.

I WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS 60 DAYS.

SOUNDS GOOD. WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU THE 60 DAY EXTENSION.

THAT MEANS THE NEW DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE FEBRUARY 9TH, 2025.

AND THEN IT'LL BE $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY AFTER THAT THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SIR.

NO PROBLEM. WE ALSO HAVE ONE CASE THAT CAME INTO VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. THAT IS CB 2524824 AND 864 LIKE A ROAD SOUTHWEST.

AND THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND ALL RESPONDENTS OR CASES LISTED AND THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES REPORT IF NOT PREVIOUSLY HEARD OR IN COMPLIANCE IN NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD STATED IN THE REPORT AND IMPOSE THE FINES LISTED ON THE REPORT.

I FIND ALL THE RESPONDENTS CASES LISTED IN THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES, REPORT IN NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD STATED ON THE REPORT, AND IMPOSE THE FINES AS LISTED ON THE REPORT DATED DECEMBER 11TH, 2024.

[OLD BUSINESS]

MOVING ON TO OLD BUSINESS.

CB 2534424 AT 1527 WACKER AVENUE SOUTHEAST.

THE CODE OFFICER TODAY IS PHILIP CLENDENIN.

I THINK HE JUST HE JUST STEPPED OUTSIDE.

SO LET ME SEE.

WHAT DO YOU SEE? 2530024 AT 399 WILMONT AVENUE SOUTHWEST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS LETITIA DEAN.

THIS ONE IS JUST SHE ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THIS ONE'S IN COMPLIANCE.

OKAY. YEAH.

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CB 2529324 AND 485 SCALLION ROAD, SOUTHWEST SALT ONE CUP.

THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE JUST STARTED.

OKAY. SO WE JUST HAVE TO READ IT IN.

AND THEN THIS ONE WAS TABLED FROM DECEMBER.

BECAUSE OF THE, THE MAILING NOTIFICATION.

SO WE JUST NEED TO READ IT IN AND THEN ASK FOR THE FLAT FINE AND THEN AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE IT TAKEN CARE OF AND A COMPLIANCE DATE.

OKAY. AND IS THE RESPONDENT HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

LETITIA DEAN PALM BAY CODE COMPLIANCE REFERENCE TO 485 SCANLON ROAD.

FOLLOWING CODE VIOLATIONS STILL EXIST.

NUISANCE VEGETATION OVERGROWTH.

OKAY. AND THE CITY IS ASKING FOR THE $200 FINE AND AUTHORIZATION TO FIX THE THE ISSUE. OKAY. I FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IN CASE CEB2529324, IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION, THE RESPONDENT HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 21ST, 2024, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, TO BRING THE RESPECTIVE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR PAY A FLAT FINE OF $200.

I ALSO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE REASONABLE COST OF THE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE IMPOSED FINE.

OKAY.

OKAY. OUR NEXT CASE.

CB 2535824.

1175 CORDOVA STREET SOUTHEAST.

THIS ONE WAS HEARD AT THE NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024 HEARING.

IT WAS ON THE PER DAY FINE AGENDA.

HOWEVER, THE CODE OFFICER WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT FINDING TO MAKE IT A FLAT FINE AND THEN GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO FIX THE FENCE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY WITH THE POOL.

IT HAS A POOL. OKAY.

ANGELICA SNEAD IS THE CODE OFFICER.

OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK? NO. THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU WANTED TO CHANGE.

THE FINDING FOR THE POOL.

ANGELICA SNEAD, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY.

THE VIOLATIONS EXIST AT 1175 CORDOVA STREET SOUTHEAST.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS ONE REREAD BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY FOR THE POOL, AND I NEED AUTHORIZATION FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION ON ON SECURING THE FENCE SO IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE.

OKAY. OKAY.

IS THE RESPONDENT HERE FOR THIS ONE? NO. ALL RIGHT. SO WE JUST NEEDED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO IT THAT WAY IN THE LAST YEAR.

RIGHT. OKAY.

IN THE LAST HEARING WAS.

THAT WAS NOVEMBER 13TH.

CORRECT? OKAY.

THEN I WILL AMEND AND I'M SORRY.

GIVE ME THE NUMBER AGAIN SO I CAN SAY IT RIGHT.

25358243582425358242535. FOUR.

OKAY. OKAY.

I AMEND MY ORDER OF NOVEMBER 13TH, 2024 REGARDING CASE NUMBER CB 2535824. I FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT IN THE CASE IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION, AND THE PER DAY FINE IS AMENDED TO A FLAT FINE OF $200.

I ALSO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE REASONABLE COST OF THE ACTION, ALONG WITH THE IMPOSED FINE AND COMPLIANCE DATE.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO. OH.

I'M SORRY. YEAH. AND THE COMPLIANCE DATE WILL BE DECEMBER 21ST, 2024, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER.

OKAY. OKAY.

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THANK YOU. GOING BACK TO CB 2534424 AT 1527 WACKER AVENUE SOUTHEAST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS PHILLIP CLENDENIN.

WE JUST WE JUST HAD TO READ THIS CASE NUMBER.

AND THIS IS ALSO TABLED FROM NOVEMBER.

IT WAS ANOTHER MAILING CONFIRMATION.

SO WE JUST NEED A COMPLIANCE DATE AUTHORIZATION TO HAVE IT CORRECTED AND THEN THE FINE.

OKAY. SO TELL ME ABOUT.

PHIL CLENDENON, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THE VIOLATIONS STILL EXIST.

JUST NEED AUTHORIZATION.

OKAY. I FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT LISTED IN CASE CB 2534424 IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENT HAS UNTIL DECEMBER 21ST, 2024, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, TO BRING THE RESPECTIVE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR PAY A FLAT FINE OF $200.

I ALSO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE REASONABLE COST OF THE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE IMPOSED FINE.

[REPORTS (2 of 2) ]

GOING BACK TO REPORTS AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES.

CEB 2514324 AT 839 CARNATION AVENUE SOUTHEAST.

THE RESPONDENT IS ACTUALLY HERE AND THE CODE OFFICER IS PHILIP CLENDENIN.

OKAY. PHIL CLENDENIN, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY. THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

HE HAS NOTIFIED ME THAT THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.

OKAY. I JUST NEED A COUPLE DAYS TO GET OUT THERE TO CHECK IT.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M REQUESTING TO HAVE A COUPLE DAYS TO GO OUT THERE AND CHECK IT BEFORE SO WE CAN PUT HIM IN COMPLIANCE IF HE IS IN COMPLIANCE OR NOT.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

THEN MY PREVIOUS ORDER NOTWITHSTANDING.

I FIND I'LL GIVE CASE 2514324 AN ADDITIONAL FIVE DAYS OF COMPLIANCE.

SO DECEMBER 16TH WILL BE THE NEW COMPLIANCE DATE, AND THEN $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY AFTER THAT.

THAT IS NONCOMPLIANCE. OKAY.

THANKS.

GOING BACK TO AMEND THE ORDER, THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND ALL RESPONDENTS OR CASES LISTED ON THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES REPORT UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD OR NOTED IN COMPLIANCE TO BE IN NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD STATED IN THE REPORT, AND IMPOSE THE FINES LISTED ON THE REPORT.

I FIND ALL THE RESPONDENT'S CASES LISTED IN THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE FINES REPORT IN NONCOMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD STATED ON THE REPORT, AND IMPOSE THE FINES AS LISTED ON THE REPORT DATED DECEMBER 11TH, 2024.

[HEARINGS ]

MOVING ON TO HEARINGS, OUR FIRST CASE IS CSB 2543324 AT 742 ALTERA LANE NORTHEAST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS ANGELICA SNEED.

25433.

[00:15:06]

ANGELICA'S NEED CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY.

VIOLATIONS EXIST AT 742 ALTERA LANE NORTHEAST.

ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW FOR THE STORAGE POD.

SECTION 180 5.1 33B AND THIS WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

SO SHE ALREADY PICKED UP THE TRASH AND SHE ALREADY GOT RID OF THE VEHICLES.

SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE STORAGE POD.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HER, BUT SHE NEEDS ADDITIONAL TIME.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

THANK YOU.

SORRY. HELLO.

HI. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

YES, IT'S CHARLENE CORBIN.

OKAY. AND TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

OH, IT'S BEEN TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO DO EVERYTHING.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOUR FOLKS AND KEEPING YOU UPDATED.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE OTHER THINGS TAKEN CARE OF.

IT'S JUST THE STORAGE CONTAINER WHICH NEEDS MOVED.

I AM TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE THERE, BUT I'M CHRONICALLY ILL MYSELF, AND YOU CAN SEE I'M HAVING AN ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

I HAVE TO GO TO A DOCTOR RIGHT AFTER HERE.

AND IT JUST SOME DAYS I'M NOT ABLE TO GET TO IT AS QUICKLY, BUT I HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO HELP ME BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET EVERYTHING.

I HAVE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE IT MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION.

IT'S JUST COORDINATING THOSE TWO THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS CURRENT MEDICAL ISSUE IS GOING TO WIND UP BEING.

I HAVE BLOOD CLOTTING CONDITION, AND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

SO I'M HOPING I DON'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR IT.

THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I WOULD NEED A LITTLE BIT LONGER, JUST IN CASE.

I SURE HOPE I SURE HOPE, I SURE HOPE NOT TO.

THIS CROPPED UP LAST NIGHT AND I WAS HOPING IT WOULD GO AWAY.

AND IT HASN'T. I WOULD SAY 30 DAYS WOULD PROBABLY BE FINE.

IF YOU WANT TO DO 60, I'M HOPING TO HAVE IT DONE IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT I'M DEALING WITH MEDICALLY.

OKAY. DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO 30 DAYS? OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL SET THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE FOR JANUARY 10TH, 2025, AND THEN IT'S $50 A DAY FINE FOR JUST THE ONE VIOLATION.

NOW. CORRECT. EVERYTHING ELSE IS GONE.

YOU SAW THE PICTURES, RIGHT? OKAY, SO THEN IT'LL BE A $50 A DAY.

FINE. EVERY DAY. IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

GOD HELP ME. IT BETTER NOT BE THERE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT CASE IS CB2 543824 AT 1712 HAZLETON STREET NORTHWEST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS ANGELICA SNEED.

ANGELICA SNEED, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY.

VIOLATIONS EXIST AT 1712 HAZLETON STREET NORTHWEST.

THIS VIOLATION IS FOR TRASH AND DEBRIS, WHICH WAS DELIVERED BY U.S.

POSTAL SERVICE ON OCTOBER 5TH, 2024.

THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

WE JUST WENT OVER EVERYTHING.

HE JUST REALLY NEEDS TO REMOVE THIS DRESSER OUT FRONT.

THAT HE'S JUST GOING TO GET IT REMOVED, AND HE'S GOING TO ASK FOR TIME.

BUT HE'S HERE. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? AFTERNOON.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. WILKINS.

GONZALEZ. OKAY. AND TELL ME WHAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON.

WELL, IT'S MY FIRST TIME EVER BEING IN THIS, SO SHE KIND OF GAVE IT MORE CLARITY AND MORE UNDERSTANDING.

I REMOVED EVERYTHING BUT THE DRESSER.

SO THE DRESSER, I WAS USING IT FOR BUSINESS TO STORE STUFF, BUT SHE'S SAYING YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO REMOVE IT.

SO I JUST NEED TEN DAYS TO JUST REMOVE IT.

OKAY I'M GOING TO MOVE IT TODAY.

BUT I'M JUST JUST IN CASE I RUN INTO A PROBLEM OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW? OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT? OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

WE WILL EXTEND THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE TO DECEMBER 21ST, 2024, AND THEN IT'LL BE A $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY.

THE PROPERTY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. NO PROBLEM.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS CEB 2545024 AND 1840 ELDRON BOULEVARD SOUTHEAST.

THE COURT OFFICER IS PHILLIP CLENDENIN.

PHIL CLENDENIN, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER WITH CITY OF PALM BAY.

THE VIOLATION SECTION 185 .140 STILL EXISTS.

[00:20:02]

IT'S A MISSING MANHOLE COVER IN THE PARKING LOT OUT IN BAYSIDE.

THE RESPONDENT. THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION.

THEY ARE WORKING ON IT. THEY HAVE ALREADY ORDERED THE MANHOLE COVERS.

WE HAVE TO ORDER THEM THIS WEEK.

SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN EXTENSION.

THEY JUST GOT THE APPROVAL.

BUT IF HE DOES TALK, HE NEEDS TO SWEAR IN BECAUSE HE WASN'T HERE.

WERE YOU HERE DURING SWEARING IN? I'M SORRY. WERE YOU HERE DURING SWEARING? YES. OKAY. OKAY.

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN THE OTHER GUY. OKAY.

SO, AFTERNOON.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, MICHAEL MAYER.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

OKAY. WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH GETTING QUOTES FROM US.

FOUNDRY ON THESE GRATES AFTER THE LAST HURRICANE.

JUST THINGS WERE A MESS.

SO WE FINALLY GOT SOME HELP FROM FERGUSON.

WE'VE GOT A QUOTE. I GOT IT APPROVED BY THE OWNER WHO'S OUT IN SEATTLE AND BEEN WORKING WITH THE OWNER AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER JUST TO GET THE DEPOSIT, BECAUSE WE NEED 100% DEPOSIT. NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO REPLACE THAT DAMAGED GRATE, WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE GRATES ON THE WHOLE PROPERTY.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF COORDINATING EVERYTHING.

OKAY. WE ALSO REMOVED THE DAMAGED GRATE, WHICH WAS IN A MAJOR TRAFFIC AREA, AND REPLACED IT WITH ONE FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.

THAT WAS A SERVICE AREA.

SO IT'S SAFER, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, REGULAR TRAFFIC.

AND WE SECURED THE ONE IN THE BACK BY PLACING A PALLET INSIDE ANOTHER PALLET ON TOP AND CONES ALL AROUND IT.

SO WE'RE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

WE JUST NEED TO GET THE MATERIALS AND GET THIS SORTED OUT.

OKAY. THE PROBLEM HERE IS IT'S A 3 TO 4 WEEK WAITING PERIOD ONCE THE ORDER IS PLACED.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT 30 DAYS, 45 DAYS BEFORE WE CAN EVEN GET THE MATERIAL ON SITE AT THIS POINT.

OKAY. AND IT'S NOT A FALL RISK ANYMORE.

NO. OKAY. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY OBJECTIONS? NO. THEY'VE SECURED IT.

OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S. THAT WAS REALLY MY.

WHEN I SAW THAT PICTURE. THAT WAS MY ONLY REAL CONCERN WAS.

ABSOLUTELY. I LIFTED THAT UP TO TAKE A PICTURE THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THERE, BUT THEY HAD ALREADY SECURED IT WITH PALLETS, SO I JUST KIND OF LOOKED IT UP THE PALLET.

OH, OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN SECURED.

OKAY. YEAH. SO YOU CAN PUT THE AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE ORDER IN TODAY OR I'M WAITING FOR THE CHECK.

THE CHECK WAS CUT LAST WEEK, SO I'M JUST WAITING FOR THE CHECK.

ONCE I RECEIVE THE CHECK, I COULD PLACE THE ORDER.

AND FROM THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.

OKAY. LET'S DO FEBRUARY 9TH.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL EXTEND THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE TO FEBRUARY 9TH, 2025.

AND THEN IT'LL BE $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY AFTER THAT.

THAT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NO PROBLEM. THANKS.

THANK YOU. TAKE CARE BRO.

OUR NEXT CASE IS CV 2546524 AT 1115 MALABAR ROAD NORTHEAST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS ANGELIKA SNEED.

OKAY. ANGELIKA SNEED, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, CITY OF PALM BAY.

VIOLATIONS EXIST AT 1115 MALABAR ROAD, NORTHEAST PALM BAY.

THIS IS FOR NUISANCE VEGETATION AND DEAD TREE.

AND THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2024.

AND THE RESPONDENT.

WELL, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE SOME COMPLAINANTS HERE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

OH. HE'S HERE. THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

OKAY. I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

OKAY. SO BASICALLY, THIS IS ALL NEW VEGETATION.

IT'S A VACANT LOT BEHIND THE CITY'S ACTUALLY, THE WHOLE PLAZA THERE.

AND 1153 MALABAR IS A WHOLE THE WHOLE ENTIRE PLAZA THAT IS SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES OF BASICALLY THE ELECTRIC IS GOING OUT CONSTANTLY ON THEM MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY.

SO WE HAVE COMPLAINANTS HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH.

AND WHAT I'VE HEARD OF IS ACTUALLY THERE WAS A COUPLE OF FIRES.

WE ALSO GOT A LETTER FROM THE MANAGEMENT HERE BASICALLY STATING THAT THERE WAS SOME FIRES BECAUSE OF THE DEAD TREES AND ALSO THE ELECTRIC THAT KEEPS GOING OUT, AND IT'S ALL ATTRIBUTED TO THE DEAD TREES AND THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION.

OKAY. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MR. GARNER A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY.

THEY DID ASK FOR AN EXTENSION.

ORIGINALLY, HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO HAVE IT DONE BY THE 16TH, BUT SINCE THERE WAS A LOT OF WORK, HE WAS GOING TO GET FPL TO COME OUT.

FPL DID COME OUT.

I LAST JUST HEARD TODAY THAT THEY DID COME OUT.

THEY DID SOME OF IT, BUT THEY REALLY CAN'T GET INTO IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE BULK OF IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO.

FPL IS NOT GOING TO DO THE WHOLE THING.

SO THEY'RE JUST GOING TO DO WHAT'S AFFECTING THE LINE.

SO THEY NEED THE BULK OF IT DONE FIRST, WHICH HE NEEDS TO GET DONE.

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AND THEY HIS ATTORNEY ALSO DID ASK FOR ADDITIONAL TO HAVE THIS CONTINUED.

AND BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF WHAT IT'S CAUSING TO THE BUSINESSES, ADJACENT BUSINESSES, I TOLD THEM HE NEEDED TO SHOW UP TODAY.

AND WE HAVE COMPLAINANTS HERE TO LET YOU KNOW.

ONE OF THE COMPLAINANTS IS AN URGENT CARE, WHO IS ALSO HAS HAD THEIR POWER OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF OPERATING, WHICH IS AN ISSUE FOR AN URGENT CARE BUSINESS.

AND ALSO THE BAR IS ALSO HERE.

THE OWNERS OF THE BAR.

OKAY. CAN I HAVE THAT FILE, PLEASE? SO. SURE. AND THE RESPONDENT IS HERE.

I'M NOT SURE WHO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO FIRST.

LET'S SPEAK WITH THE RESPONDENT FIRST.

OKAY. IF THE RESPONDENT, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, SIR.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. NO.

YOU CAN YOU CAN CONTINUE TO WEAR YOUR HAT.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

JONATHAN GARNER.

OKAY. AND TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

OKAY, WELL, THIS PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A MESS HERE, THE WHOLE SITUATION.

IT STARTED ABOUT, I THINK, ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO WHEN THAT STORM CAME THROUGH.

IT IT BROKE OFF SOME BRANCHES, HIT THE POWER LINES, AND THERE WAS, LIKE, A LITTLE, LIKE, FIRE STUFF THERE.

AND I GUESS KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THE SHOPPING CENTER.

SO THEY HAD TO CALL OUT YOU KNOW, FPL CAME OUT, AND OF COURSE, THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE I WAS THERE.

THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL, LIKE WHATEVER IT WAS, ESPLENDOR CAME IN AND WELL, FIRST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO, YOU KNOW, PUT STUFF OUT.

THEY FIRST HAD TO CUT THE POWER.

THEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO FINALLY, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR PART AND MAKE SURE IT WAS OUT.

THEN ESPLENDOR CUT A TON OF TREES.

AND WHAT IT IS, IS I HAVE A FRONT PROPERTY AND A BACK PROPERTY, AND THEN THERE'S A BIG EASEMENT IN BETWEEN.

AND THE EASEMENT IS BASICALLY DRAWN INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER'S COMPLEX.

SO THE BIG AREA ALONG HERE WHERE THEY CUT ALL THE TREES, THEY JUST THREW THEM IN THE DRIVEWAY OF THE EASEMENT.

AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED A LOT OF THE MORE ISSUES OF OF SOME PROBLEMS OR COMPLAINTS.

NOBODY CAN GET IN THERE TO THE BUILDING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

SO SO THAT AREA, IT BELONGS TO THEM.

AND IT'S THEY'RE APPARENTLY NOT BEING WRITTEN UP TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.

I HAVE TONS OF PICTURES OF THAT.

ALL THE TREES THAT ARE EITHER BROKE OR CUT DOWN AND EVERYTHING IS ALL IN THAT 30, 30 FOOT AREA, AND THAT'S NOT MAINTAINED.

WHICH THEN WHEN YOU COME AROUND THE CORNER, THE NEXT 30FT OVER HERE BELONGS THE SHOPPING CENTER, THAT PART THERE.

AND THEN THERE'S 307 SQUARE, 300 AND SOME, YOU KNOW, FEET DOWN IS MY SAVE MY PROPERTY LINE.

AND AFTER THAT, THE THE PROPERTY CURSE THAT BELONGS TO THE HOUSING COMPLEX BEHIND MINE IS A STRAIGHT SHOT LIKE THIS. SO THERES SHOPPING CENTER AND THAT ONE.

WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AND ONLY MY AREA IS WRITTEN UP IN THE MIDDLE.

OKAY. I DO HAVE SOME ESTIMATES.

I'M WAITING TO GET MORE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD RIGHT NOW.

HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THEM OUT.

SO EVEN THAT WHEN THEY SAID BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, BEING BOOKED AND HOLIDAYS, YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 3 TO 6 WEEKS THEN TO GET THEM OUT.

THEY ALSO ARE STATING THAT A LOT OF THEM DON'T WANT TO TOUCH ANY OF THAT STUFF UNTIL FPL HAS TO CUT THE BRANCHES THAT ARE ON THE POWER LINES.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, MY ATTORNEY HAS ALREADY TALKED TO THE CODE LADY, A CODE OFFICER.

SORRY. AND SHE HAD THE WAY SHE HAD RECOMMENDED WAS.

SO WE GOT WITH THE SURVEYORS, WE GOT ALL THE SURVEY STUFF, AND MY ATTORNEYS REVIEWED IT.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING DOWN, I GUESS.

HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING, I GUESS A SIT DOWN, BECAUSE THE LAST ONE WAS JUST HORRIBLE.

AND SHE, SHE SAID TO I FORGET WHAT JUST, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH THOSE STEPS, GET THAT STUFF AND EVERYTHING.

SO THE PROBLEM IS I'M WRITTEN UP FOR THIS FOR THE 15FT.

OKAY. ALL THE ONES THAT I GOT TO COME OUT TO DO MY THINGS AND PLUS, YOU KNOW, THE ATTORNEY LOOKING AT THE THE PROPERTY LINE, THE THE THE DRIVEWAY RUNS BEHIND THE SHOPPING CENTER AND THERE'S A CURB AND THEN LIKE, TEN, 12FT IN, THERE'S A LIKE A BUILT AS WELL. AND THE EVEN THE SURVEY AND PEOPLE SAID THAT'S BUILT FOR THE SHOPPING CENTER FOR THE RUNOFF.

THEY DON'T BUILD LIKE THAT FOR VACANT PROPERTY OFF THE CONCRETE.

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IT STOPS AND TAKES THE CONCRETE DOWN INTO THAT SWELL.

AND IT'S ON THE PROPERTY.

IT'S ON THE THE PAPERWORK THAT THAT 12 15FT IN IS NOT EVEN MINE.

THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY, SEE.

AND THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINING THAT WHICH GOES UP TO MINE.

BUT SINCE MINE'S NOT APPROVED PROPERTY, I GUESS THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

UNLESS NOW YOU'RE GOING TO FORCE THEM BECAUSE OF THE OVERGROWTH AND THE AND THE AND THE POWER LINES.

AND ALSO THE POWER LINES ARE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

NOT ON MY PROPERTY.

NOW I'M TRYING TO GET FROM WHERE MY PROPERTY STARTS, WHICH THEY SHOWED ME, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.

WELL, AND I'M GETTING MY GUYS TO GO AHEAD AND DO 15FT IN JUST SO THAT'S DONE AND TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT THIS OTHER 12 TO 15 NEXT TO THE CONCRETE ROAD BELONGS TO THE SHOPPING CENTER.

OKAY. OKAY.

SO WHAT WE'D LIKE IS 6060 DAYS TO BECAUSE OF THE GUYS TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, COUPLE MORE BIDS AND THEN GET THEM TO GET IT ON THE SCHEDULE AND TAKE CARE OF MY AREA.

OKAY. THEY'RE ALSO WAITING.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GET IN TOUCH ANY OF THAT UNTIL FPL TAKES CARE OF.

AND ALSO LIKE MY ATTORNEY, HE WAS TAKING CARE OF, YOU KNOW, DOING THE ONLINE YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE IT'S DOCUMENTED. SO.

1117 MY PROPERTY UP FRONT, YOU COULD DO IT, GO ONLINE.

THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW. 1115 THEY SAID THERE'S NO RECORD.

WE HAVE NO POWER LINES.

THAT'S WHERE WE ALSO STARTED DISCOVERING EXACTLY WHAT EVERYBODY WAS SAYING.

THAT'S NOT YOUR PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T GO ONLINE.

THOSE POWER LINES ARE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

ONLY THEY CAN CALL IT IN TO HAVE THE TREES CUT OFF THE POWER LINES.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT THEN. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE'S PROPERTY BEFORE MINE STARTS BECAUSE OF THE BIG EASEMENT.

30FT. AND THAT'S THEIR PROPERTY, THEN MINE AND THEN THE HOUSING COMPLEX DOWN AT THE END.

OKAY. I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER.

SO TONS AND TONS OF DOCUMENTATION AND PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

OKAY. I MIGHT ASK FOR THAT IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO, JUST HAVE A SEAT, SIR.

THANK YOU. AND THEN WHO WHO ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS? YES. OKAY.

ONE AT A TIME. ONE AT A TIME.

I MEAN, YOU CAN ALL. YOU CAN ALL.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO SIT UP HERE, BUT JUST ONE PERSON AT THE PODIUM AT A TIME.

I BROUGHT SOME PICTURES, SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE THEM.

OKAY. MY NAME IS AMELIA SIGAFOOSE.

OKAY. THE OWNER OF SIGGI'S AMERICAN BAR, AND WE'VE BEEN THERE 35 YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN LOSING POWER CONSTANTLY.

AND EVEN TODAY, WITH THE WINDS AND THE DEAD TREES BACK THERE.

SO I KNOW THERE'S AN EASEMENT THAT THE SHOPPING CENTER HAS, BUT THIS IS BACK IN THE ROAD.

AND ACTUALLY, THE SHOPPING CENTER CLEANED UP ALL THE DEBRIS THAT FELL WITH FPL AND THE STORM IN HIS PROPERTY BACK THERE THAT WAS CLEANED UP.

AND WE KEEP ON LOSING POWER.

WE'RE TALKING $30,000 OF LOSS OF BUSINESS THAT WE HAD TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THREE DAYS IN A ROW, BECAUSE THE DEAD TREES WOULD FALL ON THE LINES THAT ARE IN HIS PROPERTY. AND AND YOU JUST CAN'T SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT DONE ALL THE TIME.

AND IF YOU LIKE, I'LL BRING YOU THESE, I'M SURE.

YESTERDAY. YEAH.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE THE BIGGEST DEAD TREE.

YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE ROAD.

AND THE REALLY TALL PINES.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN HAVE THAT.

OKAY. AND SO YOU ARE JUST A TENANT OF THE, OF THE PLACE, SO YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE.

OH, THAT PROPERTY MANAGER.

AND I'LL TALK TO HIM. BUT SO YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR COORDINATING WITH FPL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

NO. WE HAVE CALLED FPL AND WHEN THEY'VE COME OUT, THEY'VE SAID THEY CAN'T DO THEY'VE TRIMMED WHAT THEY CAN AND WHAT THEY DID.

AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE SHOPPING CENTERS.

IT WAS THE SUNSHINE CAFE AND CHICK FIL A.

SO THAT LINE RUNS ALL THAT AND WE WERE OUT FOR THREE DAYS, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING.

AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LOST POWER? TWO WEEKS AGO. YEAH.

YEAH. ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, LIKE A COUPLE, YOU KNOW.

OKAY. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING.

IT'S AN ONGOING THING.

WE'LL GET IT ON AND OFF.

HAS THIS BEEN GOING? THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE HURRICANE.

SINCE SEPTEMBER. AS THE FIRES.

IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.

A HURRICANE THE FIRST TIME.

IT WAS JUST A WIND. IT WAS JUST A WINDSTORM.

IT WAS 30 MILE AN HOUR. WINDS AT MOST.

OKAY. WELL, SORRY.

YOU NEED TO. YOU CAN SAY THAT WHEN YOU COME UP.

LET HIM TALK. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH. SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO STATE YOUR NAME.

GILLESPIE. I'M THE MANAGING PARTNER OF SIGISMUND AMERICAN BAR.

SO I'M THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

I KNOW THE INS AND OUTS OF THE BUSINESS EVERY DAY.

AND THE FIRST TIME THAT WE LOST IT, THE FIRST FIRE WE GOT WASN'T EVEN ONE OF THE HURRICANES.

IT WAS JUST A REGULAR OLD WINDSTORM THAT CAME THROUGH WAS 20, 30 MILE AN HOUR WINDS.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST FIRE CAME.

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AND THEN THE SECOND, I THINK THE NEXT WEEK WE GOT ANOTHER ONE WHERE THE NEXT HURRICANE CAME AND WE LOST POWER ONCE AGAIN FOR THAT.

BUT I BELIEVE I CALLED 9114 TIMES IN A WEEK AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I'M TYING THOSE GUYS UP CONSTANTLY, AND THEY'RE COMING OUT JUST TO WATCH A LINE SPARK.

THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO REIGNITE A FIRE.

AND LIKE AMY MENTIONED, WE LOST ALMOST $30,000 IN BUSINESS, NOT TO MENTION LOST PRODUCT THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN FIGURING INTO THAT FROM OUR REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS NOT WORKING.

ALSO, OUR EMPLOYER, OUR EMPLOYEES ALSO LOST TIME.

THEY DIDN'T. THEY COULDN'T WORK FOR FOUR DAYS, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND IN OUR, YOU KNOW, CURRENT ECONOMY RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S JUST AN ONGOING PROBLEM THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET.

WE'RE GETTING THE RUNAROUND ON IT.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE FIX THAT'S SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANT TO FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COST THEM MONEY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANKS. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. KEVIN OLSEN, PROPERTY MANAGER.

SO I'M JUST COMING INTO BEING THE PROPERTY MANAGER OF SEPTEMBER.

SO LIKE, THIS IS VERY NEW TO ME.

SO, BUT AS I'VE, I ONLY KNOW THAT WE OWN, LIKE, FIVE FEET OFF OF THIS CURB THAT AROUND THE PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHAT I KNOW. I CAN GET A BETTER SURVEY FROM MY COMPANY TO SEE WHERE THE EXACT LOCATION IS THAT WE OWN AROUND THE PROPERTY. BUT WE FROM GATOR INVESTMENT HAVE REACHED OUT TO PAL A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THEY SAID THAT THOSE LINES ARE NOT ON OUR PROPERTY SO THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT.

WE HAD TO REACH OUT TO THE OWNER OF THAT PROPERTY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WHEN WAS WHEN DID YOU TALK TO FPL? I MEAN, I'D HAVE TO LOOK IN THE EMAILS, BUT JUST A GENERAL.

IT WAS IN ROUGHLY LIKE SEPTEMBER.

OCTOBER, LIKE THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND BEGINNING OF OCTOBER.

THAT'S WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO FPL.

OKAY. AND THEY WOULDN'T LET YOU CALL IN FOR.

WELL, I MEAN, HE'S SAYING THAT THE POWER LINES ARE ON YOUR PROPERTY, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE POWER LINES ARE ON HIS PROPERTY.

ON HIS PROPERTY? THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD US.

OKAY. IN THE EMAIL THAT WE THAT I RECEIVED WAS THAT THE POWER LINES ARE ON HIS PROPERTY AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL. I MEAN, WE COULD CUT IT DOWN, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

OKAY, SIR, IF YOU PLEASE COME BACK UP.

OKAY, SO I'M READING THE THE VIOLATION HERE.

I'M LOOKING AT PICTURES AND IF YOU WANT TO BRING ME THE STUFF, BRING UP THE STUFF THAT YOU THAT YOU BROUGHT.

I CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT ALSO.

IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY ISSUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS IS IT JUST ONE TREE OR IS IT.

NO, IT'S A GROUP OF TREES.

IT'S IT'S MANY.

OKAY. YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTIES ALSO IN.

I THINK WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE YOUNG LADY FROM THE THING, TALKING ABOUT ALL THE TREES THAT ARE DOWN THAT'S IN THAT 30 FOOT EASEMENT, THERE'S JUST A MILLION CUT, AND THEY JUST.

THEY'RE JUST LEFT THERE.

THEY THREW A TON OF THEM ON THE DRIVEWAY, AND I GUESS THEY FORCED THEM TO COME GET THEM OFF THE DRIVEWAY.

BUT THEY'RE ALL NO.

HEY, SIR. PLEASE, ONLY IF YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM.

SORRY, I GOT YOU GOT MY PROPERTY THAT ENDS LIKE THIS.

THEN YOU GOT A 30 FOOT EASEMENT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND THEN MY PROPERTY BACK.

PROPERTY STARTS HERE.

I WANT TO STOP YOU FOR A SECOND, BECAUSE I DON'T RIGHT NOW, I DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE TREES, ALL THE TREES IN THE EASEMENT, I CARE, I JUST CARE ABOUT THE ONES THAT ARE TOUCHING THE POWER LINES. RIGHT.

HOW MANY TREES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THAT ARE TOUCHING? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I SEE SOME OF THESE PICTURES AND, LIKE, IF THESE, YOU KNOW, IF THESE TREES ARE NOWHERE NEAR POWER LINES, IT'S NOT A I DON'T IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL AS, AS THIS TREE THAT'S TOUCHING A POWER LINE.

YEAH. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE JUST LAYING ON THE GROUND IN THE EASEMENT.

SO IT'S I BELIEVE WHAT I WAS TOLD WAS FPL DID GO THERE YESTERDAY.

THEY DID WHAT THEY COULD IN REGARDS TO TAKING DOWN WHATEVER THEY COULD.

BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE IN DEPTH SO THEY CAN.

SO IT CAN ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE WHICH WOULD BE ON HIS PROPERTY.

OKAY. OKAY. SO FPL ALREADY WENT THERE AND THEY DID WHAT THEY COULD.

BUT THEY NEED WE NEED TO GET DEEPER INTO THE PROPERTY, GET RID OF ALL THIS STUFF.

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I FEEL LIKE IF ALL OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, TAKEN BACK AND HE DOES WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO DO, THEN PROBABLY FPL CAN COME BACK AND FINISH IT OFF.

OR MAYBE IT'LL JUST TAKE CARE OF THE WHOLE SITUATION.

LET ME GO TO THE SURVEY. I ASKED HIM IF HE BROUGHT IN THE SURVEY.

HE SAID HIS ATTORNEY HAS A SURVEY SO HE DOESN'T HAVE IT.

BUT ON THE PLAT WHEN I LOOKED IT UP, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY JUST BOTH ARE ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER.

AND WE'VE DEALT WITH THESE THINGS BEFORE.

WITH THE EASEMENT, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY EVEN IF THERE IS AN EASEMENT, IF THAT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE CITY HAS HANDLED IT IN THE PAST.

OKAY. AND THERE'S ALSO WE ALSO HAVE OTHER ISSUES THERE.

I BELIEVE I HAVE HIM CITED FOR THE NUISANCE VEGETATION AND WHATEVER TRASH AND DEBRIS THERE IS TRASH AND DEBRIS ON THERE.

HE HAS HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE PROPERTIES ON THIS VACANT LOT SPECIFICALLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS AND THERE IS A LOT OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY GOING ON IN HERE AS WELL.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS.

SO IT IS A PROBLEM ISSUE.

SO WE THINK THAT WE'RE JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT IF HE'S GOING TO ADDRESS THIS BECAUSE THE OTHER ISSUES HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE PAST, THE OTHER ISSUES.

OKAY. WELL, WE'RE WE'RE JUST HERE FOR THIS THIS ONE ISSUE, THOUGH.

YEAH. YES, MA'AM.

BUT HIS TOP TREES THAT ARE DEAD, THAT I SHOWED THE PICTURE.

THOSE ARE THE TREES THAT ARE CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

BECAUSE THE WIND BREAKS OFF THOSE AND THEY FALL ON THE LINE.

THEY'RE NOT TOUCHING THE LINES.

BUT AS THEY FALL AND MOVE, THEY DO KNOCK THE POWER OUT.

AND THAT'S WHAT GETS ME FIRED.

OKAY. OKAY.

SIR SIR, I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD HERE, BUT I'M REALLY.

THE ONLY THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET THIS FIXED.

SO WHAT? BECAUSE I GOT TO BE HONEST, IF I'M HEARING ABOUT POWER OUTAGES AND FIRES WELL, I'M NOT INCLINED.

I WAS ASKING FOR 60 DAYS.

SO I CAN GET SOME MORE BIDS AND GET THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID MOST OF THEM SAID 3 TO 6 WEEKS AND THIS AND THAT.

AND OF COURSE, YOU GOT SOME HOLIDAYS.

SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AFFECTING IT TOO.

BUT HE, HE DID ADMIT THAT.

HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, FIVE FEET PAST THE ROAD.

SO BUT HE'S OFF ON THAT.

THEY, I DON'T, I DON'T I'M NOT CONCERNED WITH THAT.

IT'S ABOUT 12FT TO THE CENTER OF THE SWELL.

OKAY. THAT'S FINE.

SABRINA, YOU HAD VALERIE.

I'M SORRY. YOU HAD. YOU HAD SOMETHING TO SAY TO BE SWORN IN? YEAH. DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME.

SIR. VALERIE, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER.

THE CITY IS NOT OKAY WITH GIVING HIM TWO MONTHS.

THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE SEPTEMBER.

THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

ANY OTHER NUISANCE? VEGETATION? VEGETATION CASE GETS TEN DAYS.

TEN DAYS IS SUFFICIENT.

HE HAS PLENTY OF TIME.

HE'S HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF.

THIS IS CAUSING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE BUSINESSES IN THAT STRIP PLAZA, AND IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN, SO IT NEEDS TO GET ADDRESSED ASAP.

YEAH. I I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH YOU.

SO, SIR, I THINK YOU'VE GOT JUST I SAID I'D GIVE YOU THE LAST WORD.

I CAN'T EVEN GET HIM SCHEDULED THAT SOON.

I MEAN, I'LL PUT MY ATTORNEY ON IT, AND HE STILL WON'T BE ABLE TO GET HIM SCHEDULED THAT FAST.

IT TAKES TIME TO GET THEM SCHEDULED, AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEY'RE GOING TO END UP DOING TAKING THE THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL THING, OR WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE I FORGET THE WORD SURVEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO END UP DOING MY PROPERTY LINE AND IN 15FT. AND THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE THE OTHER 10 TO 12 UNDONE FROM, FROM THE SHOPPING CENTER.

AND THOSE, THOSE POLES, ELECTRICAL POLES WITH ALL THE WIRES ARE ON THEIR PROPERTY SIDE.

OKAY. WELL, IF THEY HAVE TREES ON THEIR PROPERTY, THAT'S CAUSING THEM PROBLEMS, THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE YOUR PROBLEM.

SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU YOU GET THE TREES TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY'RE STILL HAVING POWER OUTAGES, YOU'RE, YOU'RE VIOLATION IS YOU'RE GOING TO BE FOUND, YOU KNOW, YOUR VIOLATION IS GOING TO BE CLEARED. AND, YOU KNOW, THEN IT'S UP TO THEM.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY THING THAT'S BEFORE ME YOUR TREES THAT ARE CAUSING FIRES.

SO I DEFINITELY CANNOT GIVE A 60 DAY EXTENSION FOR FOR CAUSING FIRES FOR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S JUST TOO BIG OF A SAFETY HAZARD. AND, I MEAN, THIS VIOLATION WAS FIRST OBSERVED MORE THAN TWO MONTHS AGO.

SO I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN'T I CAN'T AUTHORIZE AN EXTENSION FOR THIS, SO JUST HAVE TO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE PROPERTY BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

AND THEN THERE IS A PROCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT, IF YOU NEED TO HAVE THE LIEN REDUCED, THE, THE THE FINE REDUCED AFTER THAT.

OKAY. CAN I GET A COUPLE OF WEEKS AT LEAST? I MEAN, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THESE GUYS SCHEDULED.

THEY GOT THEY'RE BUSY AND IT'S HOLIDAYS.

EXCUSE ME. SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO STILL REQUEST A TEN DAYS, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE AUTHORIZATION TO IMPOSE AND TO TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.

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WE'RE GOING TO NEED IT ON THIS ONE.

OKAY. SO THIS IS A TWO.

THIS IS A FLAT FINE ONE.

YES. AND IT'S GOING TO NEED THE AUTHORIZATION.

AUTHORIZATION TO CORRECT IT.

OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. SO.

SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU THAT'LL GIVE YOU TEN DAYS.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SET YOUR COMPLIANCE DATE FOR DECEMBER 21ST AND 2024, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE $200.

IT'LL BE A $200 FLAT FINE AFTER THAT.

AND THE CITY WILL BE IF THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AND THEN CHARGE YOU THE THE COST ALONG WITH THE FINE. OKAY.

LIKE I SAID, I'LL I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO MY ATTORNEY.

SO MY PROPERTY IS IN 12FT, SO ALL THAT PROPERTY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE EDGE IS ALL BELONGS TO THE.

BUT I'LL GET THEM TO COME IN THROUGH THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY AND CLEAN MINE.

SO ALL THAT. OKAY.

ALL YOU CAN DO IS YOUR PROPERTY.

IF STUFF ON THEIR PROPERTY STILL CAUSING THEM PROBLEMS. AND THEN OTHERS HAVE NOT BEEN WRITTEN UP.

THAT'S THAT'S NOT BEFORE ME TODAY.

SO I. THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN.

IT'S ALL GOING TO SIT THERE THEN.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT CASE TO BE HEARD IS CB 2545424.

AT 674 GARVEY ROAD, SOUTHWEST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS LETITIA DEAN.

WHAT ABOUT THE CASE? LETITIA DEAN, PALM BAY, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

THE CODE VIOLATION THAT STILL EXISTS IS THE RV PARKED ON A CORNER LOT WITHOUT A SIX FOOT TALL OPAQUE FENCE.

THE OWNER HAS REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO CURE THE VIOLATION.

OKAY, SO I'M JUST REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON HIS BEHALF.

DO YOU HAVE.

DOES HE HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH AN EXTENSION? WHAT? HE'S ALREADY APPLIED FOR THE PERMITS FOR THE FENCE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HIM GETTING THE FENCE TAKEN CARE OF, BUT HE'S ALREADY DONE WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO, TAKING THE NECESSARY STEPS TO CURE THE ISSUE.

AND SO WHAT? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS AN APPROPRIATE EXTENSION? I DO LIKE 30 DAYS.

30 DAYS? OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

WE'LL EXTEND THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE TO JANUARY 10TH, 2025, AND THEN IT'LL BE $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY THAT IT'S NONCOMPLIANCE AFTER THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OUR NEXT CASE IS CB2 554024 AT 442 ONLY STREET SOUTHWEST.

THE CODE OFFICER IS LETITIA DEAN.

LETITIA DEAN, PALM BAY CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER.

THE VIOLATIONS THAT STILL EXIST AS NUISANCE VEGETATION FOR 442 ONLY STREET IN SOUTHWEST PALM BAY.

THEY THEY THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY CERTIFIED MAIL, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS REQUESTING AT LEAST A 30 DAY EXTENSION TO CURE THE ISSUE.

OKAY. WHAT KIND OF NUISANCE VEGETATION ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WEEDS. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FIRE STARTING TREES? NO, NO, IT'S JUST OVERGROWTH ONTO PROPERTY.

IT'S JUST ENCROACHING ONTO THE NEIGHBORING LOTS.

AND THERE'S DEAD TREES THERE.

OKAY. AND SO WHAT DO YOU THINK WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE 30 DAYS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL EXTEND THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE TO JANUARY 10TH, 2025, AND THEN $50 A DAY EVERY DAY AFTER THAT.

THAT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

THANK YOU. THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE WILL BE JANUARY 10TH, 2025.

AND THEN $50 A DAY FINE FOR EVERY DAY AFTER THAT.

THAT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE.

ACTUALLY, CAN WE DO THE SET FINE.

AND THEN AUTHORIZATION TO CLEAR IT IF IT'S NOT DONE BY THEN? SURE. SET FINE WILL BE $200, AND THEN THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE WHATEVER REASONABLE ACTIONS IT NEEDS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE AND CHARGE THE COST OF THE ACTIONS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER ALONG WITH THE IMPOSED FINE.

THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THE FOLLOWING CASES ON THE PER DAY FINE.

AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 31, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD OR LISTED AS COMPLETED ON THE AGENDA, WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED.

THE CITY REPRESENTS THAT ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED OR NOTICED.

ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 162 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES IN THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES, AND REQUESTED THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND THE RESPONDENTS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND SET A DAILY FINE TO BE IMPOSED IF THE RESPONDENTS FAILED TO COME INTO

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COMPLIANCE. I FIND THAT ALL THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED BY THE SECRETARY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 26TH, 2024, WHICH IS 15 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER TO BRING THEIR PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO TAKE IS TO AUTHORIZE TO IMPOSE A FINE OF $50 PER DAY FOR EACH AND EVERY VIOLATION THAT CONTINUES PAST THE DATE OF COMPLIANCE.

THE FOLLOWING CASES ON THE SET FIND AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 85, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD, ARE LISTED AS COMPILED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED.

THE CITY REPRESENTS.

REPRESENTS THAT ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED OR NOTICE, ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 162 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AND THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES AND REQUESTED THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FIND THE RESPONSE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND IMPOSE A FLAT FINE IF THE RESPONDENTS FAILED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.

THE CITY ALSO REQUESTS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH A REASONABLE COST OF THE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE FINE IMPOSED, IF NOT IN COMPLIANCE BY THE COMPLIANCE DATE.

I FIND THAT ALL THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED BY THE SECRETARY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 21ST, 2024, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, TO BRING THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE OR PAY A FLAT FINE OF $200.

I AUTHORIZED THE CITY TO TAKE ALL REASONABLE ACTIONS TO BRING THE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE, AND CHARGE THE PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE REASONABLE COST OF THE ACTIONS, ALONG WITH THE IMPOSED FINE.

THE FOLLOWING CASES ON THE AGENDA.

ITEMS 86 THROUGH 100, UNLESS PREVIOUSLY HEARD, WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT WITHOUT FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IS REQUESTED TO MAKE A DETERMINATION BASED UPON THE FILES PRESENTED. THE CITY REPRESENTS THAT ALL RESPONDENTS HAVE BEEN SERVED A NOTICE.

ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 162 OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES IN THE PALM BAY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

THE RESPONDENTS ARE NOT PRESENT TO BE HEARD IN THE CASES THAT HAVE NOT COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THE CITY IS SUBMITTING ALL EXHIBITS AND AFFIDAVITS INTO EVIDENCE IN THESE CASES, AND REQUESTS THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FINED THE RESPONDENTS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION, THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE SET A REASONABLE TIME FOR COMPLIANCE AND IMPOSE A FLAT FINE IF THE RESPONDENTS FAIL TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY THE COMPLIANCE DATE.

I FIND THAT ALL THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED BY THE SECRETARY ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENTS OF VIOLATION.

THE RESPONDENTS IN THE CASES LISTED HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 21ST, 2024, WHICH IS TEN DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS ORDER, TO BRING THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES INTO COMPLIANCE, OR THE CITY IS AUTHORIZED TO IMPOSE A SET FINE OF $200 FOR THE VIOLATION.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS THAT'S IT FOR THE AGENDA.

THERE'S NOBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO WE WILL ADJOURN AT 205.

AND THE NEXT HEARING WILL BE JANUARY 8TH, 2025.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, HAPPY NEW YEAR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.