[00:00:03] I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MEETING OF. [CALL TO ORDER] NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025. IT'S 1:02 P.M.. THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THE APPLICANT WILL COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND IDENTIFY THEMSELVES OR HERSELF IN THIS CASE, AND WILL PRESENT THE THE BASIS FOR YOUR PETITION. THE CITY WILL THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO WHATEVER YOU PRESENT, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND WHAT THE CITY HAS TO SAY. THE CLERK WILL SWEAR YOU IN. THIS IS ALL UNDER OATH. [SWEARING IN] SO YOU CAN STAND UP THERE. 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. OKAY. OUR FIRST CASE. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. OUR FIRST CASE IS CV 1981519 AT 741 FAIRHAVEN STREET NORTHEAST. [PETITION FOR RELIEF] OKAY. YOU CAN. YES, YOU CAN PROCEED. MY MOTHER. THAT. CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF IN YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? KIMBERLY CUERVO, 1148 SOUTH CYPRESS POINT DRIVE, VENICE, FLORIDA, 32943. AND MY NAME IS KIMBERLY CUERVO. OKAY. OKAY. THE HOUSE BELONGS TO MY MOM. SHE WAS LIVING THERE BY HERSELF. AND SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, SHE. SHE BECAME ILL AND SHE WASN'T LEAVING THE HOUSE. AND I WAS HAVING HER GROCERIES AND STUFF DELIVERED TO HER, BUT SHE WOULDN'T LET ME COME AND SEE HER. EVENTUALLY SHE ENDED UP GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT HOW BAD SHE WAS. SO SHE'S NOW IN A NURSING HOME, WHICH IS AT AVIARA AND SHE WON'T BE GOING HOME, SO THE HOUSE IS UP FOR SALE. I FOUND OUT THAT THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF VIOLATIONS ON HER HOUSE. SO I EMPTIED THE WHOLE HOUSE OUT, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET THE VIOLATIONS SQUARED AWAY. IN THE MEANTIME, I'VE HAD TO PAY $46,700 IN THINGS LIKE THE CULVERT COLLAPSED, AND THEN IT COLLAPSED THE DRIVEWAY. SO I HAD TO PAY TO HAVE THAT CULVERT REPLACED. AND THEN THE NEW DRIVEWAY AND A NEW SIDEWALK. AND THE ROOF. SHE HAS TWO SEPTIC TANKS. I HAD THOSE REPLACED. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS I PACKED UP EVERYTHING AND, AND MOVED WHAT I COULD, BUT I HIRED SOMEONE TO HELP. THAT HAD A TRUCK BECAUSE I LEFT. ORIGINALLY, EVERYTHING IN BLACK TRASH BAGS IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE DOOR AND SOMEONE CAME AND RIPPED THE BAGS. AND SO I HAD TO HIRE SOMEONE TO COME AND TAKE THAT AWAY. I COULDN'T LEAVE IT THERE AND CLEAN IT ALL UP AGAIN. CURRENTLY, THE MONEY THAT SHE HAS LEFT OVER FROM HER, THE SALE OF THE HOUSE WILL BE USED TO PAY HER BILLS AT AVIARA. OKAY. IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE? YES, SIR. OKAY. WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? SO THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION. YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF? SURE. ANGELICA SNEED, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION AND A REDUCTION OF THIS LIEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE COLLECTED. WHICH ARE THE $750 IN THE CITY, IS ALSO ASKING FOR 3% OF THE TOTAL LIEN TO BE PAID, WHICH WOULD BE $6,892.94. SO IF YOU ADD THE 750 TO THAT, THE CITY IS REQUESTING $7,642.94. YOU HAVE A RESPONSE TO THAT? NO, SIR. IS THAT AGREEABLE TO YOU? YES, SIR. OKAY, THEN I'LL ENTER AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT. NORMALLY, THE ORDER PROVIDES THAT IT'S TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE ORDER IS SIGNED. AND IF IT'S NOT, THEN THE FORMER THE FORMER LIEN GETS REINSTATED. SO IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR YOU TO PAY IT WITHIN 30 DAYS? NO, THE THE HOUSE SHOULD BE. I SHOULD SIGN OFF ON THE HOUSE BY THE 28TH OF THIS MONTH. OKAY. ALRIGHTY THEN. IN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT THEN. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. [00:05:31] ITEM NUMBER TWO ON OUR AGENDA. CB 2589625 AT 2970 GAFFNEY AVENUE. SOUTHEAST IS NOT PRESENT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE CB 2491124 AT 426 AVIATION AVENUE NORTHEAST. AND THIS IS A PHONE CONFERENCE. COMPLIANCE AND DISCRETION IN THE SYSTEM. AND I'M GOING TO TURN YOU OVER. ALMOST GENIUS. WHERE YOU WANT TO. HOLD ON. OKAY. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. HI. HOLD ON. WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ON SPEAKER, AND YOU'LL SWEAR YOU IN. OKAY? CAN YOU HEAR US? HOLD ON. CAN YOU HEAR US? YES I DO. I HEAR YOU. LET ME TURN IT UP. GO AHEAD. OKAY. SIR, 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. MR. BRAITHWAITE. YES, SIR. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HEAR YOU WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN YOU TURN THAT DOWN? WE NEED TO TURN IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT. THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT YOU, AS THE APPLICANT, WILL PRESENT YOUR REQUEST FOR THE REDUCTION AND PROVIDE WHATEVER EVIDENCE YOU WANT ME TO CONSIDER RELATING TO YOUR REQUEST. THEN THE CITY WILL PRESENT ITS POSITION REGARDING THE CASE, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. SO DO YOU UNDERSTAND? I DO. OKAY. THEN YOU CAN PROCEED. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IS IT FAIR TO SAY THE THE EMAILS AND EXHIBITS I SENT YOU, YOU DO HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION? I DON'T KNOW WHAT EXHIBIT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. IT SAID TO I GUESS SOME EMAILS. POLICE REPORTS. YES. OKAY. YES. IT'S IN A PACKAGE. YES. OKAY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU PROVIDED IT, BUT, I MEAN, IT'S HERE. OKAY. WELL, MAYBE IF AS I GO THROUGH THE CASE, BASICALLY THE PROPERTY YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE IN QUESTION 426 AVIATION WAS OWNED BY ENRIQUE DEL VALLE, WHO IS MY DAUGHTER'S GRANDFATHER. HE PASSED AWAY IN THIS IN 22 MID MID 22 WAS LIVING PART TIME IN FLORIDA. PART TIME IN NEW YORK. I'M SORRY. NEW JERSEY. AND PROPERTY WAS TAKEN CARE OF, YOU KNOW, WHILE HE WAS UP, YOU KNOW, HE HAD SOMEONE MOWING THE LAWN AND MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN CARE OF. AND THAT WAS EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF 24, WHEN WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS SOMEONE SQUATTING IN THE PROPERTY AND WE TRIED TO GET THEM OUT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE POLICE AT THAT TIME SAID TO US, BECAUSE IT WAS STILL IN ENRIQUE DUVALIER'S NAME, MY DAUGHTER HAD NO RIGHTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO ESTABLISH THAT SHE OWNED THE PROPERTY BEFORE WE COULD REMOVE ANYBODY FROM THE PROPERTY. SO WE HAD TO SETTLE THE ESTATE IN NEW JERSEY FIRST, WHICH WE DID. THEN WE CAME BACK DOWN TO FLORIDA AND GOT THAT IN HER NAME. AND IT TURNED OUT THE SQUATTERS WERE STILL IN THE PROPERTY AS WE STARTED 25. AND THEY CLAIMED THE SQUATTERS THAT THEY HAD A LEASE WITH SOMEBODY AND THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THEY HAD RIGHTS TO THE PROPERTY. SO WE HAD TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY TO PROVE THAT WE WERE THE RIGHTFUL OWNERS. MY DAUGHTER, ANITA BRATHWAITE, WAS THE RIGHTFUL OWNER. AND THAT THESE WE DID NOT HAVE A LEASE WITH THESE PEOPLE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY WERE. AND ONCE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE COURTS, THEY GAVE US THE RIGHT TO HAVE AN ORDER TO VACATE. AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE PROPERTY STAYED IN THERE. [00:10:03] AND THEY DID ASK. THEY SENT A LETTER TO MY ATTORNEY WHICH ONE OF THE THINGS I PROVIDED, BASICALLY STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS DISABLED, SHE HAD KIDS AND THEY NEEDED TO STAY A WHILE LONGER. BUT WE SAID, WE NEED YOU OUT. BUT WE GAVE THEM A LITTLE TIME AND THEY PROMISED THEY WERE GOING TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY THEMSELVES. AND TURNS OUT, YOU KNOW, A WEEKS HAVE GONE BY. WE THEN TRIED TO COME BACK IN. THE PROPERTY WAS STILL A MESS AND THEY STILL WERE IN THE PROPERTY. AND BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM PERMISSION TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY, WE COULDN'T THROW THEM OUT AT THAT POINT EITHER. AND SO THEN FINALLY I THINK IT WAS BASICALLY THE END OF AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, WE DID FINALLY GET THEM OUT OF THE PROPERTY, AND NOW WE HAVE CLEANED UP THE PROPERTY, BOTH THE LAW AND DO THINGS PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT FOR THAT THREE YEAR PERIOD WE, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY? YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY ABOUT A YEAR, I GUESS IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING OF 24 WHEN THEY MOVED IN THE SQUATTERS. SO THAT'S REALLY MY REASON FOR ASKING FOR THE REDUCTIONS, BECAUSE WE HAD IT WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. AND EVEN THE POLICE, BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THEM HAD A POLICE RECORD. SO THE POLICE WERE EVEN CAUTIOUS ON REMOVING THEM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF NEGATIVE SITUATION. SO THEY REALLY WERE ASKING US TO BE PATIENT WITH THEM. SO THAT'S THE THAT'S BASICALLY THE THE SCENARIO. OKAY. WHAT ADDRESS DID MR. DUVALIER LIVE AT? HE LIVED AT FOUR, TWO, SIX AVIATION NORTHEAST PALM BAY. SO HE LIVED THERE? WELL, PART OF THE TIME HE LIVED THERE AND ALSO IN NEW JERSEY. AND WHERE DID HE LIVE THEN? WHERE DID HE LIVE IN NEW JERSEY? 90 GLENWOOD ROAD, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS. INGLEWOOD, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY. ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY. AND HE GOT SICK. THE PROBLEM WAS HE WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH, YOU KNOW. AND THEN COVID HIT. AND THEN HE ENDED UP, YOU KNOW, BEING IN A HOME. IT WAS A WHOLE PROCESS THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WENT THROUGH BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME? NO, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S IT FOR NOW. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP SO HE CAN HEAR YOU. ANGELICA SNEED, CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION IN A REDUCTION OF THIS LIEN WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE COLLECTED OF $750. THE CITY IS ALSO ASKING FOR 13% OF THE TOTAL LIEN TO BE PAID, WHICH WOULD BE $3,224.98. WITH THE. ADDING THE $750 OF ADMIN ADMINISTRATIVE WOULD BE TOTAL OF HUNDRED AND $74.98. OKAY, I THINK IT I THINK IT'S 4000. NOT NOT NOT 3000. I'M SORRY. WHAT DID YOU SAY THE TOTAL WAS AGAIN $3,974.98. OKAY. YEAH, $3,974. IS THAT THE NUMBER? WE'RE SAYING THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S POSITION IS? YES. GOT IT. AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION? DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE, SIR? HOLD ON, HOLD ON. DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT AMOUNT? I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I'D ASK IS WHAT ARE WE HOW ARE WE BASING THAT NUMBER? I GUESS MY CHALLENGE, I GUESS OUR DIFFICULTIES. WE HAD NO ABILITY TO KEEP THE PROPERTY. WE KEPT THE PROPERTY UP THROUGH 24 EVEN. WE HAD A PERSON MOWING THE LAWN AND DOING ALL THE THINGS. AND THEN WHEN THE SQUAD IS IN, WE HAD NO ABILITY TO DO ANYTHING. THAT WAS THE DIFFICULTY. WELL, MY. THE DIFFICULTY IS, IS BALANCING THE TWO BECAUSE THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO PROCEED AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW IS TO PROVIDE NOTICES TO THE ADDRESS THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE, WHICH THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU WHAT HIS ADDRESS IN NEW JERSEY WAS. AND THAT'S THE ADDRESS THAT'S PROVIDED IN HERE. SO THE NOTICES WERE FORWARDED TO HIS MAIL IN NEW JERSEY. GOT IT. SO SO AS FAR AS THE CITY'S CONCERNED, HE RECEIVED THEM. HE MAY HAVE BEEN PASSED. HE MAY HAVE PASSED AWAY. BUT THE CITY SENDS NOTICES TO THE ADDRESS THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS WHAT THEY DID. SO SO THEY COMPLIED WITH THE STATUTE. I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, SO FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. AND THAT'S WHERE THE 750 COMES FROM. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN EVERY CASE THAT THEY EVER DO. AND THEN THEY, THEY, THEY REDUCE THE FINES AND THEN THEY COME UP WITH A NUMBER THAT THEY THINK IS REASONABLE FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL INSPECTIONS AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT, BUT I UNDERSTAND. [00:15:01] SO, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING YOU WHETHER YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION. I GUESS THE, THE CURRENT FINE IS 24,000 JUST UNDER $25,000. SO THE QUESTION IS, IS DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE JUST UNDER $4,000 THAT THE CITY IS AGREEING TO REDUCE IT TO? IF YOU DO, THEN I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE BASIS FOR IT IS. THAT'S REALLY ALL IT IS. WELL, IT'S IT'S THE BASIS OF THAT. WE WE COULDN'T HAVE KEPT THE PROPERTY EVEN IF WE HAD THE NOTICES, WHICH WE DIDN'T RECEIVE. BUT IF WE HAD RECEIVED THEM AFTER 24, WE WEREN'T ALLOWING THE PROPERTY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T. IT WASN'T OUR NAME, IT WASN'T THE ESTATE NAME. IT WAS SOMEONE CLAIMING, HERE'S THE ISSUE I DO PROBATE, JUST SO YOU KNOW THAT. AND THAT'S PART OF MY PRACTICE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE THAT IT TOOK A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER. I MEAN, I MEAN HE PASSED AWAY, YOU SAID IN 2022. SO I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING TWO YEARS ISH AFTER HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENED DOWN HERE. AND THEN I GUESS THE DEED WAS IN 2024 ALSO. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DELAY WAS IN GETTING THE PROBATE ISSUES RESOLVED IN FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNEW THERE WERE SQUATTERS ON THE PROPERTY. WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT TO 24, SO THAT WAS THE ISSUE UNTIL WE GOT TO FLORIDA. I MEAN, CANDIDLY, WE WERE DOING THE LAWN. WE HAD SOMEONE THERE. WE WEREN'T, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NOTHING GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. SO MY DAUGHTER WASN'T RUSHING TO DO IT. NOW, AGAIN, IT'S YOUR CALL THERE. I MEAN, NO, NO, NO, I UNDERSTAND, I'M JUST TRYING TO I'M JUST TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT QUESTIONS I HAVE THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD A RESPONSE TO BECAUSE I GUESS I GUESS THE DEED, I GUESS THE DEED TO YOUR DAUGHTER WAS IN JUNE OF 2024, SO SHE HAD TITLE TO THE PROPERTY IN JUNE OF 2024. CORRECT? AND THE VIOLATIONS WERE IN APRIL OF 2024. THAT'S WHEN THE LIEN WAS FILED. SO THERE WASN'T THAT MUCH TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHAT TOOK SO LONG, WHY, IT TOOK BASICALLY A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS TO GET THE SQUATTERS OUT. WELL, THAT THAT WAS THAT WAS THE SORTING OUT, EVEN BEING AWARE THEY WERE THERE. CANDIDLY, I, WE DIDN'T EVEN I DIDN'T BELIEVE THEY WERE STILL GOING TO BE IN THERE. I THOUGHT THE ORIGINAL STORY WAS JUST A DELAY WHEN WE HAD THE COPS COME AND IT TURNED OUT THEY STILL OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DOWN THE ROAD. SO IT WAS IT WAS THE DISTANCE, YOU KNOW, FLORIDA TO NEW YORK OR JERSEY, YOU KNOW, TO THERE IS A DISTANCE. SO WE WERE UNAWARE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY. BUT YOU KNOW, I WILL GET IT. BASED ON YOUR VIEW OF THIS, I WILL. YEAH, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT NUMBER. IT'S A LOT BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL NUMBER. WHICH ON A PROPERTY THAT VALUE THAT HIGH. SO THAT'S A STATEMENT THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I'LL ENTER AN ORDER FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY CITED OF 39, 74, 98. NORMALLY THE ORDERS PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS. IS THAT A PROBLEM FOR YOU TO PAY THAT? NOT AT ALL. WHAT WE WOULD NEED IS SOME KIND OF LETTER, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS ALSO ABOUT TO GO INTO A SALE. BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS HOLDING IT UP. WELL, THERE'LL BE AN I WILL ENTER AN ORDER OUTLINING WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. GREAT. AND THAT WILL THAT WILL REFLECT THE REDUCED AMOUNT. PERFECT, PERFECT. AND THEN I CAN HAVE THE TITLE COMPANY. IF THEY CAN GET SOMETHING IN WRITING SAYING WHAT DO YOU. YOU'LL BE PROVIDED A COPY OF THE ORDER ONCE I SIGN IT. OKAY. AND THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE TODAY OR TOMORROW. PROBABLY TOMORROW. OKAY. THAT'D BE. THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT. JUST SO I GET IT, IT'S $39, 9830 EVEN. IT'S NO, IT'S 30, 39, 74, 98, 34, 39, 74, 98. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THAT'S FAIR. AND WE'LL HAVE A LETTER FOR THAT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL WE'LL MOVE ON. WE APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU OKAY. HAVE A GOOD DAY SIR. I WILL ENTER AN ORDER CONTINUING THE OTHER CASE. AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 121. I'M NOT SURE IF. [00:20:13] YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS. OKAY, I'LL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER. DO I GET THE VOLUME ON THE LINK? HELLO? YEAH. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. OKAY. GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO CB 2589625 AT 2970 GAFFNEY AVENUE SOUTHEAST. OKAY, MA'AM. SINCE YOU WEREN'T HERE EARLIER, THE PROCEDURE IS. IS THAT YOU, AS THE APPLICANT, COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. AND THEN YOU PRESENT WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU WANT ME TO CONSIDER AS FAR AS THE BASIS FOR YOUR REQUEST FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE LIEN. THE CITY WILL THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND TO THE CITY'S PRESENTATION. SO IF YOU WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM. I DON'T HAVE MY COMPUTER WITH ME, SO I DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL PAPER, BUT I NEED TO SWEAR HER IN FIRST, MR. BEETLE. YEAH. CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES. THANK YOU. SO, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T HAVE THE. PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. YES. HILLARY POWELL WAGMAN, 1181 PACE DRIVE, PALM BAY, 32907. OKAY, SO THERE WAS A CAMPER PARKED ON THE ONE OF THE LOTS, AND THE PERSON WHO PARKED IT THERE DIED, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE FOR X AMOUNT OF DAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO MOVE IT. AND SO WHEN THIS PROPERTY'S JUST GOT SOLD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. THEY HELD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. AND WHAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE REQUEST FOR REDUCTION? I'M SORRY. YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE REDUCED. WHAT'S THE BASIS? WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE REDUCTION? WHY? WHY? BECAUSE I NEED THAT MONEY. WELL, NO, I MEAN, THERE WAS A CODE VIOLATION. YEAH. OKAY, SO AS I SAID THIS. THIS. HOLD ON, HOLD ON. THERE'S A CODE VIOLATION. THERE'S A THERE IS A LIEN AGAINST YOUR PROPERTY. YOU'VE COME BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE REQUESTING THE REDUCTION OF THE LIEN. SO THERE HAS TO BE SOME GROUNDS TO DO THAT. YOU JUST CAN'T COME IN AND SAY, I WANT IT REDUCED AND THEN EXPECT IT TO BE REDUCED. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE TO, TO SUBSTANTIATE WHY YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE REDUCTION. OKAY, A LIEN, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT EILEEN. I'M HERE FOR THE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT IS. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE. THAT'S WHY THE TITLE COMPANY. THAT'S WHY THE TITLE COMPANY HELD BACK FUNDS IS BECAUSE THE LIEN ON THE PROPERTY. RIGHT? SO AS I SAID, THE GENTLEMAN WHO PARKED THE RV THERE OR THE CAMPER OR WHAT HAVE YOU HE DIED, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. AND WE DIDN'T TELL HIM HE COULD PARK IT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO HE DIED. I DON'T KNOW HOW HOW MANY DAYS AFTER HE PARKED IT THERE, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL WE STARTED GETTING THE NOTICES FROM YOU GUYS THAT IT WAS THERE. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO MOVE IT, AND EVENTUALLY, I GUESS IT GOT, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THERE, BUT. BUT WE I MEAN, I, WE DIDN'T GIVE HIM PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO PARK THAT LOT OR PARK THAT RV THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THEN WITH HIM PASSING AWAY SHORTLY AFTER, WE HAD NO IDEA. WHEN DID YOU BECOME AWARE THAT THAT WAS THERE? I DON'T KNOW. A SPECIFIC DATE. NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. [00:25:03] AND WHO ARE YOU IN RELATION TO THE LAND TRUST OR ECO SON? I'M HIS WIFE. WHO'S. WHO'S WHOSE WIFE? JORDAN POWELL. WEGMAN. I'M SORRY. JORDAN POWELL WEGMAN. NO, BUT THE THE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY FOR WHOM THE VIOLATION WAS GIVEN WAS TO TAUNT LAND TRUST. AND THE CURRENT OWNER, I BELIEVE, IS ECO SON. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS WHAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS TO TAUNT LAND TRUST OR ECOZONE. ECOZONE. I HAVE NO RELATION AND TAUNT. LAND TRUST IS MY HUSBAND'S. SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN TAUNT LAND TRUST? I MEAN, WE'RE MARRIED, SO. NO, THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION. I DIDN'T ASK WHETHER YOU'RE MARRIED. I'M SAYING, WHAT INTEREST DO YOU PERSONALLY HAVE IN TAUNT LAND? TRUST? YOU SAID THAT YOUR HUSBAND'S PROPERTY IS HIS TRUST. YES. OKAY, SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INTEREST IN THAT TRUST? NO. OKAY. DID YOU KNOW MR. CALDERWOOD? YES. AND WHO WAS HE IN RELATION TO YOU OR YOUR HUSBAND? JUST A FRIEND. BUT AS I SAID, HE DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PARK THERE. IN FACT, HE WAS TOLD NOT TO. BUT WE DON'T. IT'S NOWHERE NEAR OUR HOUSE, SO WE DON'T EVER GO OUT THAT WAY. TO HAVE SEEN IT. AND AFTER TALKING TO HIS MOM. AFTER WE STARTED TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT, I GUESS HE HAD JUST BOUGHT THAT CAMPER FROM SOMEBODY LIKE THE DAY BEFORE. SO NOBODY IN HIS FAMILY EVEN KNEW ABOUT IT TO BE LOOKING FOR IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THIS ALL BEGAN. ME? YOUR HUSBAND RECEIVED THE NOTICES FROM THE CITY ABOUT THE VIOLATION. YEAH. EVENTUALLY, YES. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER RIGHT NOW? NO. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? ANGELIA NEED CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY. SO THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION IN THE REDUCTION OF THIS LIEN, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE COLLECTED OF $750. THE CITY IS ALSO ASKING FOR A 15% OF THE TOTAL LIEN TO BE PAID, WHICH WOULD BE $751.63. SO IF YOU ADD THE $750 OF ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, THE TOTAL WOULD BE $1,501.63. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT AMOUNT? NO. OKAY. NORMALLY THERE'S IN THE ORDER IT'S FOR 30 DAYS TO BE PAID. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? IS THAT A NO. NO. OKAY. YOU NEED TO SPEAK BECAUSE IT'S BEING RECORDED. NO NO NO IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. OKAY. I'LL ENTER AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT. I'M SORRY. I'LL ENTER AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT. OKAY. SO. SO TODAY IT'S SOMETIME I SHOULD EXPECT AN EMAIL. MAYBE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. SORRY. NO OTHER MEETINGS. MEETING'S ADJOURNED AT 130. YEAH. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.