[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:05] I'D LIKE TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARINGS FOR AUGUST THE 20TH. I'M SORRY. SEPTEMBER THE 17TH. I'LL GET IT RIGHT. 2025. 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. THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS THE APPLICANT WILL COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AND IDENTIFY HIM OR HERSELF AND ADD THEIR ADDRESS. AND THEN SINCE THEY'RE THE PETITIONER, THEN THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE BACKUP OR EVIDENCE THAT THEY WANT ME TO CONSIDER FOR THE REDUCTION. THE CITY WILL THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, AND THEN THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER THE CITY HAS TO SAY. AND THAT'S JUST THE GENERAL PROCEDURE. AND THEN I'LL DEFER TO THE CLERK RIGHT NOW WHO'S SWEARING? [SWEARING IN] ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO GIVE EVIDENCE THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON. IF YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE TESTIMONY, CAN YOU 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. MAY BE SEATED. OUR FIRST CASE ON OUR AGENDA IS CURRENTLY NOT PRESENT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. [PETITION FOR RELIEF] THAT IS CB 226122271993719 AND CB 1737916 AT 1279 GLENHAM DRIVE, NORTHEAST. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH PHILIP AND I AM THE OWNER'S ASSISTANT AND BOOKKEEPER. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN? PHILIP. PHILIP E L I P E. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE CAME TO THE LEAN REDUCTION. WE HAVE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY AND DISTRESSED FROM THE OWNER, AND IT'S BEEN KIND OF A MISSION GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY AS SOMEONE WAS IN THERE. BUT WE'VE DONE THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND THE LAST ITEM THAT WE WORKED ON WAS THE DRIVEWAY WHICH HAD A CRACK THAT WAS LIKE FALLING THROUGH. AND WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE PERMIT TO COME, WHICH I LOVE MY PALM BAY, BUT THE PERMITS ARE NOT THE FASTEST. SO THAT SLOWED US DOWN A LITTLE BIT. AND FINANCIALLY, IT'S ALSO BEEN KIND OF A MISSION ON THIS ONE. WE'RE DEFINITELY AT A LOSS. WE HAVE A CLOSING FOR THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY ON WEDNESDAY. GOD WILLING. SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THE LEAN REDUCTION WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FINES. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE INHERITED AND SOME WE HAVE NOT. WHAT OTHER WORK HAVE YOU DONE ON THE PROPERTY? WE HAVE DONE AC REPAIRS, THE DRIVEWAY. A SMALL CLEAN UP REHAB INSIDE LANDSCAPING. TRYING TO VISUALIZE MY MY TASK SHEET. THERE WAS SOME APPLIANCES THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE IN THERE AS WELL. THE GARAGE DOOR. WE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE GARAGE DOOR SITUATION. WHAT WAS THAT? I'M NOT QUITE SURE, AS I. I PAID FOR THE REPAIR AND I SAW THE GARAGE DOOR, BUT WE WERE WE WERE MENTIONING THAT WITH THE GARAGE DOOR THIS MORNING, IT MAY HAVE BEEN THAT I'M NOT SURE IF WE REPLACED THE GARAGE DOOR THERE OR IF IT WAS STUCK. I'M TRYING TO THINK. I LOOKED AT A FEW OF THE PICTURES, BUT I KNOW THAT THE GARAGE DOOR, THE DRIVEWAY WERE LIKE PART OF THE MAJOR THINGS AND THE THE SMALL RENOVATION FOR THE INSIDE. HOW MUCH DID THE DRIVEWAY REPAIR COST? I'M SORRY. HOW MUCH DID THE DRIVEWAY REPAIR COST? OH, I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT MY MY TOTAL EXPENSES ON [00:05:06] THE PROPERTY ITSELF ARE I HAVE IT AT 45. 526. BUT I HAVE POSTINGS TO DO. SO I THINK THAT I'M LIKE AT 55, 56 RIGHT NOW. AND WE HAVE A MORTGAGE ON THE PROPERTY AND I'M ESTIMATING ABOUT 2122 FOR THE CLOSING. SO WE'RE LIKE. REALLY REALLY TIGHT. ACTUALLY WE'RE NOT EVEN TIGHT. I JUST KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A LOSS. I'M I'M CERTAIN. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE STURGIS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER. THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION IN A REDUCTION OF THESE LIENS WITH UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE LIENS TO BE PAID BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE OF THEM. THE CITY IS WILLING TO WAIVE THE $750 ADMINISTRATIVE COST. THE TOTAL OF THE THREE LIENS COMES OUT TO 151,567.62, AND WE'RE ASKING TO OBTAIN 4%, WHICH COMES OUT TO A TOTAL OF $6,062.70. 6000, YOU SAID. CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT? OH, YES. OKAY. THERE BEING NO OBJECTION TO THE CITY'S REQUESTED AMOUNT, I'LL ENTER AN ORDER. SINCE YOU'RE CLOSING, IT SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE, BUT NORMALLY I PUT IN THE ORDER THAT HAS TO BE PAID IN 30 DAYS. RIGHT. THAT'LL BE GREAT, BECAUSE THIS HAS KIND OF, LIKE, GONE FROM ONE MONTH TO THE NEXT, BUT THIS WAS THE LAST THING THAT WE NEEDED ON THIS PROPERTY TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE IT FOR WEDNESDAY. THAT'S FINE. AND I'LL SIGN AN ORDER IN THE CITY WILL FORWARD IT TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S MY HAPPY DANCE. DO I GET THAT FROM YOU? OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS LIVE ON TV AS WELL. CITY OF PALM BAY. I LOVE YOU. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR SIX YEARS. SO ARE YOU JEANNIE? YES. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CASE TODAY IS ITEM NUMBER THREE CB 246052420060-19 AND 2360123. AND THIS IS AT 2761 BROADVIEW DRIVE NORTHEAST. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, JOSE VEGA. YES, SIR. WE HAVE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY THROUGH A TAX TAX DEED AND WE WERE KIND OF NEW TO IT, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW. WE SEEN THAT THERE WAS A LIEN FOR 50 BUCKS, BUT WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T SEE THAT IT WAS $5,050 EVERY DAY SINCE IT WAS POSTED. SO. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. I HAVE PICTURES. I FIXED THE PROPERTY UP. OKAY. WHAT WHAT WHAT WOULD IT BE SPENT TO FIX THE PROPERTY UP? I SPENT LIKE, 3 TO 4000 ON DUMPSTERS ALONE BECAUSE THEY WERE SQUATTERS IN THERE. I HAD TO EVICT THE SQUATTERS. THE WHOLE THING INSIDE WAS FILTHY WITH YOU COULDN'T EVEN WALK THROUGH THE THROUGH THE PROPERTY OUTSIDE OR INSIDE. SO IT COSTED US LIKE 5000 WITH THE WITH THE DUMPSTER ALONE. AND WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE INSIDE NEW. THE WINDOWS ARE BROKEN. I HAD TO CALL THE PALM BAY POLICE AGAIN BECAUSE EVEN AFTER THAT, THEY KEPT ON BREAKING IN. AND I STOPPED DOING ANYTHING WITH THE PROPERTY WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE THE LIEN ON IT. SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO MUCH WITH IT. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE STURGIS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER. THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIRST SET OF LINES. THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION IN A REDUCTION OF THE LIEN OBTAINING A PERCENTAGE. WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE THE 750 ON ALL THREE. AND COMBINING THE THREE TOTAL LIENS COMES OUT TO $123,065.88. WE'RE SEEKING 5%, WHICH COMES OUT TO $6,153.29. DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT? [00:10:05] NO. THAT'S FINE. JUST I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU LEGAL ADVICE. I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU BUY A TAX DEED, IT'S BUYER BEWARE. YEAH, YOU NEED TO INVESTIGATE EVERYTHING BECAUSE THESE LIENS DON'T I NOTICED THAT. NO, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THESE LIENS, THERE'S THERE'S A CLASS OF LIENS THAT DON'T GO AWAY. SO YOU STILL GOT A WATER BILL 4002. SO I HAVE TO PAY THAT ALSO. YEAH, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT. YEAH, WE WE THOUGHT WE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME, SO WE THOUGHT WE DID. WE SEEN THAT IT WAS $50, BUT WE FAILED TO READ THAT IT WAS $50 EVERY DAY SINCE THAT DATE. SO IT WAS ON THREE CASES. YEAH. WELL, THE OTHER THING, BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IS THEY RECORD THESE LIENS IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS. SO. BASICALLY, BASICALLY YOU'RE ON NOTICE TO TO CALL THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. AND IT'S NOT JUST PALM BAY. I MEAN, THERE COULD BE OTHER THINGS TOO. YEAH. ALWAYS DO A LIEN SEARCH. YEAH. WE WE SEARCHED, WE LOOKED AT IT. BUT LIKE WE WE FAILED TO READ THAT PART RIGHT THERE. YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT HEY $50. IT'S OKAY. AND THEN WHEN WE READ THAT IT'S $50 EACH DAY FROM THAT DAY, IT WAS LIKE, WOW. YEAH, THAT BASICALLY STOPPED US FROM WORKING ON THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE WERE LIKE, WE CAN'T, THE PROPERTY'S NOT WORTH AND WE CAN'T AFFORD IT. SO. SO AS I INDICATED IN THE PRIOR LADY, WE USUALLY PUT 30 DAYS IN THE ORDER. IS THAT SUFFICIENT TIME FOR YOU TO PAY IT? YEAH. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THIS THE CITY WILL FORWARD YOU A COPY OF THE ORDER. THANK YOU GUYS. YEP. HAVE A GOOD DAY. YOU AS WELL. YOU'LL HAVE TO CONTACT CUSTOMER SERVICE. ASK FOR THE MANAGER AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP YOU GUYS REDUCE THAT AND MAYBE DO A PAYMENT PLAN. YEAH. WHAT DO WE PAY THE. YOU'LL COME TO OUR OFFICE WHERE JEANNIE'S AT AND CAROL'S AT. SHE'LL GIVE YOU THE. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD ONE, GUYS. YOU TOO. OUR NEXT CASE TODAY IS CV 2302423 AND 18181-17 AT 342 BRANDT AVENUE NORTHEAST. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS REGGIE THOMAS. I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNERS OF THE 342 BRANDT AVENUE. IT IS ME AND MY BROTHERS. MY FATHER PASSED AWAY IN 2014. IT IS THE HOUSE THAT WE GREW UP IN. ALL THREE PALM BAY HIGH GRADUATES. ALL THREE HONOR STUDENTS. WE ALL MOVED AWAY AFTER WE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE. WHEN MY FATHER PASSED WE WERE ALL IN DIFFERENT STATES. AND SO OVER THE YEARS SOME ISSUES HAD ARISED WHERE I GUESS THERE WAS DEVELOPMENT AREA AND VEHICLES WERE PRESSED ONTO THE FRONT YARD. THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE OF THE ORDINANCE VIOLATION CAME INTO PLAY. NONE OF US GOT THE THE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS REGISTERED MAIL. THEY WERE NOT FORWARDED TO THE OUTSIDE ADDRESS THAT WE HAD THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PROPERTY. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE ISSUE CAME WITH NOT ACTUALLY BEING AWARE OF THE ORDINANCE VIOLATION. WE CAME BACK OF OUR OWN VOLITION TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLES UPON CHECKING UP ON THE PROPERTY. AND ONCE WE HAD THE TITLES ISSUES ADDRESSED WITH THE VEHICLES, WE HAD THE PROPERTIES PROPERLY REMOVED. AND THAT'S WHEN WE WERE NOTIFIED OF THE LIEN BALANCE ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE STURGIS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER. THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION IN GRANTING A REDUCTION OF THE LIEN. WE ARE SEEKING A PERCENTAGE AS WELL. THESE ARE TWO LIENS THAT TOTAL $240,864.83. WE ARE SEEKING 3% AND COMES OUT TO $7,225.94, AND WE ARE WAIVING THE 750 ADMIN FEES ON BOTH. AND WHAT'S YOUR POSITION REGARDING THAT? I WAS HOPING FOR THE 1%. BUT YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT WORKING AT THIS TIME, AND SO IT WOULD MAKE IT ADDITIONALLY CHALLENGING TO, TO COVER THE HIGHER PERCENTAGES, BUT JUST ASKING FOR LENIENCY AT THIS TIME. OKAY. LET ME JUST TELL YOU. I MEAN, ARE YOU LIVING IN THE HOUSE NOW? YES, SIR, I AM, I AM I AM GOING TO BE THE ONE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE ADDRESSING ANY AND ALL ISSUES THAT COME UP WITH THE HOUSE. I WILL BE. WELL, LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU SOMETHING, BECAUSE THIS, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT AN INFREQUENT OCCURRENCE BY LAW. THE CITY OR ANY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS ONLY OBLIGATED TO SEND THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION FOR CODE MATTERS TO THE ADDRESS THAT'S LISTED WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. SO IF YOU NEEDED IT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, IT WAS YOU AS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S OBLIGATION TO NOTIFY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WHERE COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE MADE RELATING TO THE [00:15:07] PROPERTY. SO WHEREVER YOU AND YOUR BROTHERS WERE LIVING. SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE NOTIFIED THE PROPERTY APPRAISER TO CHANGE THAT MAILING ADDRESS. BUT SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY, IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER NOW. BUT BUT I'M JUST SAYING FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE OBLIGATION IS FOR ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE NOTICE TO. IT'S JUST WHATEVER'S LISTED WITH THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID, RIGHT? NO, THAT WAS THE ISSUE WE WERE APPARENTLY RECEIVING THE I SPOKE WITH MISS VALERIE THAT THEY WERE SENDING THE REGISTERED MAIL, BUT IT WAS NEVER FORWARDED TO OUR OUTSIDE ADDRESS. AND WHEN WE DIDN'T RECEIVE IT, NO ONE ACTED PROMPTLY TO ADDRESS. NO, I UNDERSTAND, I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT. JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE LET ME ASK YOU A MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION. I GUESS IRRESPECTIVE OF WHAT AMOUNT I ENTER, ARE YOU ABLE TO PAY IT IN 30 DAYS? I GUESS THE THE 1% I THINK CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE 30 DAYS I BELIEVE SO, OKAY. I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO DO 1%. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU THE QUESTION, RIGHT? SO YEAH, THE HIGHER AMOUNT I GUESS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MORE CHALLENGING. BUT BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU. HOW MANY DAYS. BECAUSE THE HERE'S WHAT THE ISSUE NOT THE PROBLEM, BUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS, IS THAT IF I ENTER AN ORDER AND IT INCLUDE HOW MANY DAYS YOU HAVE TO PAY IT, IF IT'S NOT PAID WITHIN WHATEVER DAYS I PUT IN THERE, THE CURRENT FINES GET REINSTATED. OKAY. SO WHATEVER TIME I PUT IN THERE, THAT'S KIND OF A DEADLINE FOR YOU. AND IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN YOU HAVE TO COME BACK HERE AND ASK FOR AN EXTENSION. SO I'M JUST ASKING YOU, WHEN DO YOU THINK YOU COULD PAY? THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THE 1% WE COULD DO IN THE 30 DAYS HIGHER THAN THAT. WE COULD PROBABLY DO IN THREE MONTHS. THREE MONTHS? YEAH. OKAY, I'M GOING TO REDUCE IT TO $6,000 AND GIVE YOU 90 DAYS THEN. OKAY. AND AS I INDICATED EARLIER, THE ORDER WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CITY AND THEN THEY'LL FORWARD IT TO YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YOU TWO HAVE A GOOD DAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON OUR AGENDA. CB 2470824 AT 1476 READE STREET, NORTHWEST. THE CITY IS REQUESTING THAT WE TABLE THIS CASE. THEY ARE IN PROBATE AND STILL HAVE PAST TAXES DUE, SO THEY NEED ADDITIONAL TIME. OKAY. I'LL ENTER AN ORDER TABLING IT TO WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE. RESET IT. AND GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. CB 2479124 AT 428 STREET SOUTHWEST. THE OWNERS ARE STILL NOT PRESENT AND HONOR AN ORDER CONTINUING THAT AS WELL. [ADOPTION OF MINUTES] AND I'VE SIGNED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE. MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 121. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.