Call to order the June 24th, 2025 regular meeting of the Akoi Code Enforcement Board. Please stand for the uh pledge of allegiance by uh member Lewis and the moment of silence. Member
Fernandez, please stand. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. Please join us in a moment of silence. Thank you. All right, be seated. Mr. Cruz, can we have the roll call to verify uh board quorum, please?
Chair Bander, present. Vice Chair Lewis, present. Member Man, absent. Member Schultz, present. Member Smolten, present. Member Fernandez present. Uh member Bickram present. Quorum is met.
Excellent. Thank you. Mr. Cruz, can we have a swearing any of the officers and any of those uh people that wish to speak this evening? Those who wish to speak and officers, can you please stand up and raise your right hand? Do you and each of you solemnly swear
and affirm that the testimony you're about to present today shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Okay, you guys may sit down. All right, next part is our consent agenda. Um, any
dismissals of those in compliance? Bernie, good evening. I'm Sergeant Coleman with the Ko Police Department Code Enforcement Division. We have two cases that came into compliance that we would like removed from the docket. Case number 2025
01241 and the second case is 2025 015 93. Okay. I would entertain a motion to for the consent agenda. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes, member Lewis. Mr.
Chair, I'd like to make a motion. I move to accept the uh consent agenda as presented by the city. Supplemental and consent agendas presented by the city. Okay. I second. But I I saw that there's a a typo in the the first case. It's 2024. or I think it's supposed to be
2025-01241 if I'm not mistaken from what I see here on the actual agenda. So I just want that to we're going to accept the case. We just need to make sure we're Yeah, it's supposed to be 2020. Just want to make sure. Thank you. If we're going to
accept the supplemental agenda, but uh second with that change. Excellent. Okay, we have a motion on the floor made by uh member Lewis, seconded by member Fernandez that we accept the consent
agenda as presented by the city. Let's take a vote. All those in favor press yes is our lady in it. Well, I can say it in the mic. It
doesn't matter. All right. Okay. We have a unanimous decision on that. Motion carries 100%. Okay. Excellent. All right, moving on to our uh public comments section.
Uh we any citizen comments? Uh this usually deals with anything that's not uh code enforcement board related. Uh there's anything around the city that you're interested and you'd like to take a few minutes to
bring it up before the board here. Okay, it doesn't look like we have anybody. So, let's close that section of this and let's move on to our first case of the evening. And it looks like this is uh
case number 20 um I'm sorry. Yeah, 2025-0122, Officer Rodriguez. Oh yeah, I needed to see here. Thank you. Okay. Good evening, Officer Rodriguez for the city of Akoi for the case
2025-01222611 [Music] North Lakewood Avenue. On April the 23rd of 2025, the city of Elco, Florida received a web form complaint about this property on safe conditions.
On April the 24 of 2025, I called the complainant. he was the tenant to meet at the uh the property to observe the situation. He called me back and we scheduled to meet on April the 28th of 2025 at 10:00 a.m. I also
invited Jamie Simmons, a sign building official at the property. On April 28, the same day, Jamie Simons and I observed the structure and the property in nuisance condition to the public health and safety welfare,
including the structure being determined and posed as dangerous, unsanitary, and uninhabitable for human occupancy. No operational sanitary facility, junk, debris, trash littering entire interior
and exteriors of the property. I'm going to be showing pictures little by little. Um, violation of the minimum housing standards, including broken, damaged, non-opening windows, damaged non
non-working interior and exterior doors, damage, pl uh plumbing violation, water damaged ceilings and interior walls, and nonfunctional wastewater system. On April 28th,
a certified and notice of violation was mailed to Rental Homes Holdings LLC at 9907 8th Street sweet 1269 Gotha, Florida
34734 as identified by the Orange County Property Appraisal for the VI violation of the chapter 108 on minimum standing codes. Article 4, public nuisance of a hazard of public healthy health, safety
and welfare enforcement. Section 10835, public nuisance. They were given until May the 30th of 2025 to obtain the permits from the city building department and repair structure or to meet current buildings code or to
obtain demolition permit and demolish the structure to prevent a public hearing fines, leans and possible city initiated abatement with the cost recorded as a lean against the property. On June the 2nd of 2020 25, I reinspect
the property reveal nonim compliance. On June the 12th, a certified notice of this hearing was sent out certified service. On June 16 of 2025, the notice of hearing was also posted at the location and as of this date, the
property remains not in compliance. The city is recommending 30 days time frame of fine amount of $100 per day and in is and is additionally requesting a provision to enable the city to abate the violation through the through
demolition if chooses to do so. [Applause] I printed this one. That's all. Does look like there is quite a bit of repairs that need to be made. That's correct. Um, did they indicate whether
or not they they are going to demo it or uh repairs? There is somebody here to represent the owner. Okay. They never contact me at all in all that time. I understand. Uh does anybody on the board have any questions for the officer at
this point in time? Uh could you give me the date that it was cited for the violation again, please? On April the 23rd, we received the uh the WHIP form. And the notice of violation was bailed on the 28. Okay. And uh you're asking
for um 30 days and $100 per day. Is it just one violation or is it multiple violations? It's a is the is the U minimum house is 108. Um, hold on. I go back here.
I'm just asking because we used to have a page that had all the violations listed on it. Yeah, that it's one viol it's one code, but it includes everything of the minimum housing. Yeah, the minimum standings. Thank you. I appreciate you clarifying that. All right. Nobody has any other questions of
the officer. Um, were any rodent droppings or animal infestations observed or it's just an unsung property? Is it's it's it's a dangerous property. Dangerous property. No animals. No no nobody's living right now. Okay. The water the water
department is um accounted to putting a comment that no service is going to be connected. I even sent a letter to Duke to take out the meter. Okay. Any other questions? No. Uh, who's here this evening that is uh speaking on
behalf of this property? If you would go ahead and come up to this the public area um adjust the microphone. I need you to state your name clearly and your relationship and um and then go ahead and say your piece. Okay, great. You
generally we limit this to about five minutes or so, but go ahead. It'll be it'll be Yeah, pretty I'll keep it brief. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate that. That you fill in. I hand it to the clerk. Okay. Okay. She was asking me. So, Eric Spivey. Uh, Eric Spivey. And Mr. Spivey, you have been sworn in. Yes.
At the beginning. Okay. Perfect. Go ahead, Mr. Spivey. So, I'm a real estate broker. I was hired by the ownership company today, uh, about 12:00 noon. Uh, from what I understand is they recently got a new PO box. Um, and they found out
about it, um, over the weekend. They hired me to get it under control. I'm not the property manager, but I have been hired to get these violations resolved. Um, uh, I have hired a contractor and an electrician, the Shay,
uh, the Shay Holmes, um, a residential contractor and agent Williams, an electrician. Um, I would request 60 days because clearly permit a few permits are going to be required. I don't know if the 30 days uh would be um
even with the fastest building department, there's usually a review process, things like that. So, I would simply request 60 days to bring it into compliance with with the contractor and the electrician that I brought on board. Uh and if you have any questions, I can
answer them. All right. Um, officer, was there uh any additional zoning like building zoning stuff that that was in violation that he would have to contact the zoning board to? No, he would have to bring it up to co the whole house. Understood. So, that will
be with building department. That's that's their task. Yes. All right. Does anybody on the board have any questions for Mr. Spivey? You see you you're contracted today at noon. I was hired by the company today. Yeah. About lunchtime. And in that time,
I' I've uh I I'd say 30 days is pretty slim. I think you'd have to at least do 60. I think 60 is reasonable. Um so, uh anybody doesn't have any other questions, um I'll entertain them. I
have a question. Go ahead. So, I know you were hired today, so you you don't know the answer, but are you looking to demolish or are you trying to bring? We shared some initial pictures with with the contractor. Uh, and they believe it can be done with a contractor permit and
some electrical work. Uh, if they get to that point where after, you know, after they remove some walls, uh, and determine that's not possible, they'll change their guidance on that. Uh, they haven't been on site yet. I just hired them. Um, so if that changes, of course,
I'll update everyone, including the code officer. Their first goal is to uh to be able to uh rehabilitate it with with permits, not demo. And I think this is a question for officer um Rodriguez. Um let's say they
do have to demolish. That means they're no longer in violation of code, right? I don't That's correct. Demolish. I don't want them to have now another issue. So yes, bas based on his testimony, if the contractor sees the condition, he says this is not even worth it. Then they
will do the demolition, they will get the permitting and do all that. If they don't do it, that's something else because then the fines are incurring and then now the city could step in with of course the recommendation on the motion that the city could demol them do the demolish and put it against the
property. Okay, understood. Thank you. Yes. Members, any other questions? Okay. Well, I will entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes. Uh, Member Lewis. Mr. Chair, I'd
like to make motion. I move that in case number 2025 Oh, sorry. -01222 that the respondent be found in violation for the code as cited as of April 23rd, 2025
and be given until August 23rd, 2025 to come into compliance or be fined $100 per day per violation until found in compliance. And in the event the property becomes vacant, I further move that the city
authorize the city to abade the property and assess the cost to the fine. Do we have a second? I'll second. I'm sorry, she said. Yeah, I'll second. Oh, okay. Thank you. Sorry, I didn't hear you. No worries. All right. Um,
that what was the date again? August 23rd. August 23rd to um August 23rd. August 23rd. All right. We have a motion on the floor made by member Lewis and seconded by member
Smalden that in case number 2025-01222 that the respondant be found in violation uh for the code as cited and be given until August 23rd, 2025 to come into compliance or refined $100 per day for
the violation until found in compliance. And in the event that the property becomes um uh vacant and to the point that uh it would be need to be demolished uh if we further authorize the city to abate the property and
assess the cost of that fine to that property. Any discussion? Okay, let's take a vote. All those in favor choose yes. All those opposed say no.
All right, passes at 100%. Motion carries. All right, thanks. Okay, we're off to the next case. This would be case number 2025-01436, Officer Rodriguez. Sorry about that. It's all right.
Why your eye closed is this is always different for me. Go back home. No. Okay. I don't know. Okay, thank you. Six. So, which one we call 436?
Uh, 01436. Yes. Okay. Officer Rodriguez for the city of Akoi for the case of 2025 01436. What I'm going to do in this occasion, I'm going to combine together because
it's going to be the same testimony for 202501491. I will show pictures from both. On May 8th of 2025, the city of Akoi received a web form complaint about having trash and debris on the side of the property. On May the
12th of 2025, I reserved the property with the trash littering on the side of the property. On May the 12th, the same day, a certified notice of violation was mailed to Victoria J. Delaney at 828 Hammocks Drive, Florida 34761
as identified by the Orange County Property Appraisal. The difference between 828 and 8:30, the property appraisal um and let me see. Yep. Okay. So, it was
identified by the Orange County Property Appraisal for the violation of the ordinance chapter 115 nuisance section 115-3 declaration of a nuisance amendments a drug and debrisze one. She was given until May the 26th of
2025. That same day, I received a phone call from Miss Laney and she requested a week extension giving her up to June the 2nd of 2025. On June the 2nd, a reinspection revealed
not not in compliance with the city. On June the 12th of 2025, a certified notice of a notice to of this hearing was sent certified service. And also the same day, the notice of hearing was also posted at the location.
And as of this day, the property remains not in compliance and the city is requiring 15 days time frame of the fine amount of $50 per day. So this is the pictures from um 828. That's when I posted a notice.
Okay. When I go back again. Okay. Here. Okay. I got it. Okay. I got it now. Thank you. So, this is the um the only difference is it was sent to Edna Nab Laney revocable trust. That will be the 8:30,
but it's the same violation with the same situation and the same date. She did did the effort to pick up a lot of things. Um, as you can see in the front, that's when the postit of 8:30 the hammocks.
And that's about it. Are there any board members that would like to ask Officer Rodriguez any questions about either one of these properties? It's two addresses but the same violation. Is that what it is? Yes. Both properties in the same violation. Okay.
And the same dates. Same date. Okay. Is there anyone here to speak on behalf of Yes. either one of these properties? Yes. Okay. And there's also um in the audience there's people that wants to
talk to. Okay. Um whoever's here to speak uh who is here. You're here to speak on this and ma'am. I'm Victoria. Okay. Would you like to uh come to the podium over here again? You've been
sworn in, correct? Yes. Yes. Okay. And um for the record, uh I'll need you to repeat your name. I'm going to try and stand as long as I can. Are you sure? Yeah. If it starts to hurt too much, I'll sit down. Okay.
Victoria Laney. Yes. And which property are you going to speak on? Well, since she's combined them both, I'll speak on them both. Okay. Yeah. Thank you. 8:30 and 828 Hammocks Drive. And I think there's uh
well, I need to get give a little bit of history, but first let me say I'm surprised by the pictures cuz I was going to bring my own pictures, but she said she came by at noon today and took pictures. and that that stuff is cleaned up. It's I you know the a lot of it's
gone and I shouldn't have you know I should have gone ahead and taken the pictures anyway. Another thing that uh was confusing is that she just said the side of the house and I didn't know which side and so I thought that you know there's two sides and I thought hey
it's all cleaned up. Everything's good. But neither one of them those pictures are are clearly out of date. But I'd like to give some um history here, especially since I do have some neighbors. Um last June, I was reported um for having furniture in front of the
garage and the board found that it wasn't junk. It was, you know, good things that it was okay. And um unfortunately the homeowners association association I had asked for um because of my disability and I presented letters
two letters from uh medical professionals here to the board and my handicap permit. They did not accept that and provide me with the um accommodations I asked and they um referred the matter to an attorney. So, I had to get an attorney. And the
attorney's not here tonight, so I don't want to just say too much about the case. But the pertinent the pertinent thing is that I was having a volunteer from church come every week and help me with things around the yard. Once they referred it to an attorney, the
volunteer from church couldn't be involved in something that was pending litigation. And that's been dragging out for a year. They've had a year and they haven't yet um approved the accommodation. And so that made it
harder. Um I had um the you know this is the first notice in a year. You know the the house was clean. It it looked um good enough. Um my my nephew came and he was planning to
move into the house and he cleared some items out for repairs so that he could have space to repair in the house. and some of those were stacked on the on the side of the the house. He was supposed to put him back in and then he had to
return to um his home because there was a a medical emergency in the family. So, he left me with those and I couldn't have because they had hired an attorney, I couldn't have someone from church come and help me. And so,
um, I have I I'm so sad I didn't that it's I've done I spent hours I it took me longer than I expected because I fell down. Um, I was overdoing it and um lost, you know, lost the balance and um,
you know, fell down, excuse me, down and hurt my my knee and my leg. When I work out there, I'm in terrible pain. I do the best I can uh to do it and it will be um it I'll finish cleaning it up. There's very little that the things she
showed are are gone and even that from I don't know it doesn't look like noon today because there were other things gone um before then. Anyway, I am planning to finish uh cleaning it up. I don't think any of it meets the category
when you when you talk about what what's out there. There's no uh appliances. There's no uh fallen tree debris. There's no uh nothing that counts as junk. Uh in my definition, no junk and
debris. Um it says things like, you know, trash, debris. Um no, there's no scrap building materials. Uh no, the this is good furniture uh that I use to accommodate my disability.
And then there were some other things shown there that were moved back into the house, you know, where they where they came from. So, I'm happy to answer any questions. Can I clarify something? These two pictures were taken today at
at 12:00 and it was emailed to Maya. So, this is exactly what's there at 12:00 today of the side of the house. But you also showed some pictures earlier of the because that was because that's the beginning of my testimony. Okay. All right. But you agree that those were
gone. And that's what I said in my that's what I said in my testimony that you did clean up, but you still have the side of the The ironic thing, too, some there is there are a couple of items on the side of the house that the HOA ordered me to move from the front of the house. So, I put them on the side of the
house and they were there for months until there they complained about that, too. So I'm just trying to that we have different community association managers. They all have their own taste and so one of them comes and tells me to
do something I do it. Then they are replaced with another one who has their own uh pet peeves. So I do that. So but uh you know I'm 70 73 year old person out there doing the best I can to maintain the properties and it's really hard. Um,
but I, you know, I'll finish cleaning it up. So, no need to find me. That's not just give me some more time to finish it. Mr. Chair, um, Officer Rodriguez, what was the date again that this Oh, the recommend when it started. Yes. May the
ETH. May the 8th. Okay. Thank you, Officer Rodriguez. Uh question for you um about the days and the fine. Uh I know you combine these as as these two together. Was it uh are you saying 15
for both properties? 15 days for both or are you allocating 15 days for each property? I I was going to put 15 days for each. Yes. Okay. But on the same amount of the uh fine. That's correct.
Okay. It's not it's not a lot that she has to remove from the side of the property because she has um move everything that I I already observed from the beginning. Right. Okay. Speak. Are there other people who uh
would like to speak on this topic? All right. I have I have one more question for Miss Laney. Yeah. So, you mentioned HOA. Um, is do you have HOA issues with with this right now? Are there like any fines pending from the
HOA as well or? No, there not to my knowledge. No, they um the the matter that's that that is at the attorney to my knowledge is about granting my request for accommodations. So, the attorney that I have is a a fair housing
or ADA attorney uh to work with them uh and get it so that I can better maintain my property. And once that's solved, then I'll also be able to have someone from, you know, church come and help me like they used to. I mean, there were
years with no problems. It's kind of a problem of their own making. That just to be clear, that's a separate issue from this. Correct. The um ADA accommodations. Okay. Yes. That's otherwise I would have had that attorney probably come tonight. And and Miss
Laney, uh a follow-up question on the number of days. We appreciate the fact that you've, you know, started to clean up. How much time do you think is a reasonable amount of time to finish cleaning this? Um well, she um mentioned
15 days for each house, which would be a total of um 15 days. It it it's a hard time of year because of I mean a total of uh 30 days. It's a hard time of year because there's a lot of rain in the afternoon and that might slow me down,
but I can try and do the the 15 days for each house. So, a total of 30 days. All right. Well, I'm exactly not giving the 30 days. Just let's be it's both property 15 days. So, I'm just just want
to clarify my testimony. Oh, I misheard then. I thought she was saying 15 days for one property and 15 days for the other property because it starts all of them start both of them starts the same day. 15 total total. Yeah. I'm sorry. I
couldn't understand what you're saying because both of them are the same dates. So, it's 15 days from the starting. So, we've been doing this case from the beginning. So it's like if I would have done the testimony for 15 days each like
but not on a total careful turns out that they're not separate. That's correct. Right. So let's take the first one make the decision. Yes sir. And then the second one. Yes sir. I I
think that's uh very wise information and I think that's the way the board should handle that independently even though they were reported together. We're going to rule on these individ clarification. So um you own both of these properties. Are they side by side
and the debris is in between the two? Is that is that No, it's it's both on the right side. If you in front of the house, both of them is on the right side. Okay. Okay. I think and the pictures are a little bit there's um
like that one shows the brick wall. The other side, most of the items are behind a brick wall. If she hadn't used uh like a telephoto lens and gone in just a small space, she wouldn't have been able to show what's there. Well, it's taken
from the streets. Yeah, with a telephoto lens, not it's not what's visible to the normal eye. Do you any of the other members have any other questions? I have another question as well. Sorry, just for clarification as well. So, are what I'm hearing you say is that you understand there's
debris that needs to be removed and that you're willing to remove that within your your words are 30 days. I just want to make sure I'm understanding that that's what you're saying with your words. And I would never call it debris. These are um you know household items
that were to removed to do repairs. These none of it is trash. None of them went in the trash. None of it will go in the trash. It will go back in the house and that just means that the repairs will be But what I'm hearing you say and I want to make sure I understand before I put a motion forward is what I'm
hearing you say is you agree that this needs to be removed. That this will be removed. It will be put back in the house. Yes. Back in the house. Okay. Not visible outside. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. All right. Any other questions for Miss Laney
or It was reported May the 12th. I mean May 8th. You went out there May the 12th. Yes. Right. So you have no idea how long before that it was out there, right? And no. Right. Is when we received the
complaint. Correct. Okay. Okay, if there's nothing else, um, we have some, uh, Miss Laney, thank you. Uh, we have some other people that like to speak on this. And I'm assuming you've been sworn in correctly. Okay. And, uh, again, to the
podium, state your name clearly and your relationship to this. My name is Dr. Michael St. Louis. I am the president of the HOA and I live straight across the street from Miss Laney. Um, I took a picture at 5:00 PM on the
sides of the house and there's mountains of trash bags and this is an accurate photo. I took it from my iPhone and 5:00 p.m. Not at noon. And I can show the officer what I took pictures of if that's okay. Oh, you turn on this. So,
this is the house furthest house to the right. You should be able to put it on the screen here. There's a place for you to lay it. Can we see it? Bottom edge here. I got it right there.
She's working with the system. Yep. Oh, okay. Won't talk. There's always buttons. Yep. Yeah, I will. And I'm sorry, Doc. What was your last name again? St. Louis, like the city.
St. Louis, spelled the same. Thank you. I can't I can't speak to the legal action that's going on because it's in a process with the disability. Um, I can speak to the trash and garbage
and it's a constant. This is since I moved in. I moved in 5 years ago and it's been a constant thing and every neighbor has tried to discuss, tried to call code enforcement. Nothing has happened until this point and everyone on my street is so fed up
with it. They would they're just like nothing's going to happen. So, they didn't show up. I felt obligated to. I think there's a health hazard for one. She spoke to her nephew coming down to help on the house that's in the trust, which is her mom. She's the trustee. He
came down to help do some repairs. He came late at night. He opened the house and I had very candy conversation with him because I'm vested in this because I look at it every day. He said, "The house is inhabitable. There's rats, rat droppings, feces." He trapped three rats
that one of my neighbors saw drag out of the house. Rats are running between the farthest house that the trust house and the house next to it. Um, it's a constant flow of stuff coming into the house and property. It gets
stacked up. It gets moved. There's a board complaint. A letter goes out and then it's a constant shuffle of things. To us, it's garbage. To her, it's her stuff, but it's sitting out in the rain. So, I don't see how it could be viable. I mean, it's it's a mound. I think it's
a health hazard, personally, because none of it's moved since I've seen there's and next to Raymond, who's on the far side, There's a mountain of trash bags. Can you turn it on now? Yep. And this isn't a teleph photo lens. It's a iPhone taken from my car as I drove
by. So, is it visible from the street? Yes, it is. Um, you can see how high that is. That's a 6ft fence. The peak of the trash goes up probably five foot. And I don't know what's viable in there. sitting out in the humidity and heat and rain. Nothing's going to be good. It's
It's going to be an infestation of rats, bugs. I'm worried about the health of my neighbors. Um, let's see. That's the front of the house where she has a table and Yeah, we can't do nothing. Yeah, I know. And the there's
more stuff here that's stacked up and I don't know. And this swing thing, there's stuff that gets stacked up, gets shuffled and moved around after a complaint goes out through the board. Uh, we can't do anything about the stuff
stacked up under our awning, right? And then the chairs had a bunch of plants on them. So, I don't know how she's going to use it for ADA issues until she started getting in legal debate and then she removed all the stuff off the chairs. It's it's a constant um
hideand go seek there's the other stack and that's from my car from an iPhone. That stuff hasn't moved in forever. And our our concern is a property values, b the fence is falling. You can
see behind the fence, but we can't control what's behind the fence. But I encourage everybody to go to Google Maps and look up the address because we are living next to a hazmat zone.
Um, in my opinion, so I can I can attest to that. It hasn't moved. I lived there 5 years. There's con even in the front of her car, she shuffled the stuff to hide it from the street, but you can clearly see it. And that's probably some of the stuff
that you had seen that she moved. So she hide and I didn't take a picture of the car cuz that's stuff to the brim of stuff. The front seat, two cars, two different properties, both filled. Both haven't moved in years and it's used like a storage facility
and everybody on the street is fed up with it. They don't know what to do. There's there's things that were said that are I'm not going to speak on that earlier, but this is what we see on a daily and this is what the board has been dealing with
for years. There's been suits in the past on the new president, but I know that there's been issues. I'm getting texts and she's given her testimony and and my fellow neighbors will attest to Matt's lived behind her for years and he
can attest to longer than I have. So, this is a 5:00 picture of those two things. It's it's there's been ample opportunity to clean it up. It it won't get cleaned up. It'll get moved. It may get shuffled, but it'll never go away. And then the other
house he said was so bad he couldn't go in. It's 3ft of garbage wall to- wall there. He didn't get called away on emergency. He was said he couldn't live here. He was moving down here for a job. He said he can't afford to rent. He had planned to move in the house to help her
clean to to fix it, but he wasn't allowed to remove anything. So, he's like, "I can't fix something that I can't get to. So, I have to move back home until I sell my house, then I can move down here and afford rent." He couldn't pay two two rents at the same time. So, that's
that was the conversation. I had a 30 40m minute conversation with him in the driveway because I wanted to get to the bottom of what was really going on because I can't see inside the houses but I had a all right a feeling Mr. St. Louis uh you um you done well with your
time. Thank you. May I respond to his comments? One minute before you leave. Does any of the board members have any questions for um Mr. Chair? Well, um Miss Mr. Oh, I'm sorry. Go ahead, Officer Rodriguez, did
you observe rodent activity outside or it was debris only? Uh, my neighbor saw three rats being removed by the nephew, but he'd set traps inside. My other neighbors saw they scurry between his house all the time. I can't testify
seeing no rats. Okay. Any There's plenty of raccoons. There's feral cat. The other thing, too, is she has feral cats that she feeds. So, we have 15 20 cats at a time running the neighborhood with no collars. There's maybe one or two that have collars, but they keep breeding and
breeding and breeding and and the city's answer is well, trap them, spade them, and bring them back, but animal service. You got to call animal service. That's not That's not a real solution to that. I know. We used to do animal service, but not anymore. Okay. Member Salt, you done? So, the
raccoons love the food that they, you know, it's like member uh Dr. uh St. Lewis, you said you've been there 5 years. Has this always been the case when you There's always been stuff within that 5 years. Yeah. I mean, on Tuesday's trash days, she goes out
scavenging. Okay. Thank you. I mean, if you want my professional opinion, I'll give it, but I don't I mean, there's I don't think I need to point out the obvious. Okay. Any other board member questions? I do
have a question. Yes. Dr. St. Louis, um, have you, as the president of the HOA, issued any warnings, letters? The management company has. Okay. Do you know how many? I'd have to go. I wouldn't want to speculate. Okay. But it has been issued
at some point. Yes. Okay. Thank you. And Officer Rodriguez, was the complaint issued by the HOA or was it generated privately? HOA. HOA. Property manager. Thank you. They but not currently but I
know in the past there's been many complaints. Understood. Okay. Any other questions for Dr. St. Louis? No. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Is there anybody else that would like to speak on behalf of this? Then I'll be able to
recall one minute, please. Yes. um to the podium and uh uh state your name clearly and your relationship to this. Uh my name is Matthew Molton. I live directly behind the
the property that's owned by Victoria, not the trust and I'm also on the HOA board. Can you get closer? I've been on the HOA board for probably three going on four years. Mhm. And so this has been an ongoing um
I live directly behind. I know that there are certain things that code enforcement can't touch like under the lai because it's under the roof line. But my house sets uphill. So my backyard looks into the backyard and I've been in
my house since 2013 exactly in June actually. So, I've been there for what 12 years now. And I've been looking at the same uh she wants to call it uh valuable stuff, but it's it's been
there. It's trash. Uh it's been there since I've moved in. Um I see it from my property. There's nothing I can do about it because it's on her lai. But her backyard, like like Mike said, it's the same thing. It just gets shuffled
around. Um, I confirm everything he said with the HOA. Um, this has been an ongoing thing since I've been in the neighborhood 12 years. So, Okay. Thank you. Does the board have any questions? And it's Molton. Yeah. Yeah.
And I will make one more. Uh, when I mean I have a privacy fence that I put up in the backyard to separate. When I first moved in, the fence was in disrepair. But when I put the new fence up, I can I'm taller, so I know I can
see over fences. And uh I know that the pool and we've actually brought this up to the HOA and to code enforcement before about the pool because there's no screens around the bottom. The pool is solid green and there's two large bullfrogs that are
very noisy that live in it. So, she's got basically wildlife living in her pool area. So, all right. Any questions for Mr. Molden? Um, to piggy back off, member Schultz,
have you seen any any u rodent activity? Uh, raccoons, possums, lots of cats jumping over the fence into our yard. Okay. Um, we have to pick up constantly after them because of our dogs. Understood. No other questions.
All right. Thank you. Appreciate it. Uh, anybody else here to to speak on behalf of the either one of these properties? No. All right. Um, not five minutes, but we'll give you a minute to rebuttal. I just want to clarify something.
Um, we always go whatever we observe from the street or the sidewalk. I have never been invited. If there's some neighbors that I could observe from other distance, I have never been invited.
So, I cannot speak whatever she has in the backyard, the pool, or anything else. Understood. Thank you for that clarification. I actually had in my backyard. But it wasn't me. Well, okay. It wasn't me. All right. All
right. Yeah. And nothing I won't say you had your opportunity on that one, but go ahead. Yeah. And if he had him out, nothing came of it because I didn't receive, you know, a violation. And the um the the yard, I mean, he had a choice of buying or not buying and he bought
the house. So, it wasn't objectionable to him when when he bought it. And a lot of what I he said is hearsay. Um as far as what my nephew said, he would not agree with what he reported. He said the reason he um he went he um he does have
a uh he he had a an emergency with his family. And so the I think a lot of this is irrelevant. I need to clean up the part that's the subject of what's here tonight. If there's other things that bother him, I can work on that, too.
um that it hasn't been like that for 12 years. It was just, you know, just fine. And so there's uh some damage from Hurricane Ian that um someone's supposed to be helping me with. But the biggest drawback right now is that I can't have
the volunteers from church because they um are not accommodating my disability. Okay. Thank you. Okay. All right. Well, we've heard everything. Um I have a question. How's a direct conversation to your
I understood. Okay. Well, my nephew's not here. I I understand. Yeah. All right. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Uh and before we make that motion, uh again
on the advice of council, let's do these independently of each other. And I think Mr. Cruz would be very happy about that too. Okay. All right. Um, member Smalden. Yes. I move that in case
number 2025-01436 that the respondent be found in violation of code as cited as of I believe it was May 8th. Is that accurate, Officer Rodriguez? I observe it on the 12th. Oh, sorry, the 12th. as of May 12th, 2025 and be given until
July 8th, 2025 to come into compliance or be fined $50 per day per violation until found in compliance. I second it. Okay. Okay. Just to reiterate, you said July 8th. Yes.
And the fine was 50 is what you said? Yes, Mr. Chair. Okay. All right. Do I have a second on this? Second. Okay. So, we have a motion on the floor made by member Smalden, seconded by member Schultz in case number 2025-01436
that the respondent be found in violation and be given until uh July 8th, 2025 to come into compliance or be fined $50 per day until
that property is found in compliance. Any discussion? Okay, let's go ahead and take a vote with regarding this property. Okay. All right. All the votes are in it. Uh
the motion carries unanimously. Okay. Uh can I entertain a motion for the second property? Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes, Chair Lewis. Chairman, and I move that in case number
2025-01436 that the respondent become No, we already had 36. We're on to the next one. 91. Oh, 91. I'm sorry. Yes. 91. Okay. In case number 2025-01491, the respondent be found in violation of
the code as cited as of May the 12th and be given until July the 8th, 2025 to come into compliance or be fined $50 per day per violation until found in compliance. Do I have a second? Second.
Okay. of a motion made by member Lewis, seconded by member Fernandez in case number 2025-01491 that the respondent be found in violation of the code as cited and given until July 8th, 2025 to come into
compliance or be fined $50 per day uh until uh that property is brought into compliance. Any discussion? Just quick for officer Rodriguez, this has popped in my head. I I just think for both of these, I think
we might have to be very specific on what needs to be done. So maybe if we can work with the respondent very closely to get, you know, whatever the code is and whatever she might think this is, um, whatever the items are, I think we
might need to be very specific and just work with her. Um, and I think the other issue too is, you know, if it if things are moved, um, which I think we we heard from testimony, um, that it's not just
because it moved from here to there, that's not, uh, rectified compliance. So, I just I think this case I think we need to be very specific just just so it's on the record. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, member Fernandez. All right. Any other discussion?
No. Let's go ahead and take a vote. All those in favor of the motion, choose yes. Those opposed, choose no. All right. The motion carries uh unanimously. All right.
Thank you. Okay. Let's see. 93 has been okay. This is our last case of the evening. Uh 20125-01601. Officer Laughler, you thought you were going to get out of
this without anything, didn't you? Yeah. Not going to happen. This is very simple. So, real quickie, case number Oh, officer Leler, city of AOE, code enforcement. Case number 01601
is 1005 Kimble Avenue. On May 19th, I observed o overgrown tall weeds and grass. I just remembered the technology here. Stand by. observed overgrown tall weeds and grass
and a vehicle parked upon the unsurfaced front yard grass and dirt. On the same date, a violation notice was posted at the location and sent out certified service to the owner of record Marie Masselin for violation of ordinances 168-6B1
regarding the vehicle parked on the grass and dirt and ordinance 115-3b for the overgrown tall weeds and grass. The notice provided until May 25th to comply with the codes as cited.
On May 26th, the location was observed and it was non-compliant. On June 12th, a hearing notice to this meeting was handd delivered to the owner. The violation of 115-3B, the tall weeds and grass had been corrected and is no longer part of this
case. So, we're just at 168-6B1 because the junk car was still parked on the grass over here. As of this day, 168-6B1 remains in violation. The city's recommending a 15-day
compliance time frame or a forfeit $25 per day for every day not in compliance with any orders you might issue. What was the amount again? $25. 25. All right. We have any questions for
officer Laughler. All right. Anybody here to speak on that? No. Okay. I will entertain a motion. Mr. Chair, I'd like to make a motion. Yes. Member Lewis. Mr. Chairman moved
that in case number 2025-01601, the respondant be found in violation of the code as cited as of May 19th and be given until July 8th, 2025 to come into
compliance or be fined $25 per day per violation. And the violation is 168.6B1. Anybody second? I'll second that. Okay. We have a motion made by member Lewis, seconded
by member Smalden in case number 2025-01601 that the respondent be found in violation of the code as cited and be given until July 8th, 2025 to come into compliance. Be fined $25 per day. until
that um uh issue is resolved. Any discussion? Okay. If not, let's take a vote. The motion carries unanimously. All right. Thank you. Okay.
All right. Now, we're going to move on to um uh board comments. Uh we are not doing case resolutions anymore. So um let's go ahead and start with member Smooth. Hi, good to see you all again.
Welcome. Sorry, new members. And um I found out it was code enforcement officer appreciation week in June. So thank you to our code enforcement officers. We know it's not so much of a thank you job, but thank you for doing your best within our rules and
regulations to keep OOI safe and our property values up. We appreciate that. Good to serve with you all again. Okay, member Fernandez. Uh, no comments, but uh, welcome charity member. Okay, excellent. Uh, counselor, nothing today.
I'm well. All right. Thank you. Just trying to keep the burden off you. All right. Uh member uh Lewis like to welcome our new member and uh you'll soon be up to speed. Welcome. Yes.
Member Bicker like to thank everyone for having me. I appreciate it and love to serve on in the community I live in. All right. All right. Yeah. No comments. Yeah. Thank you. No comments but welcome. Um it was very nice to have a
new member. All right, Mr. Cruz. No comments. Okay. Actually, one starting next month, we're on the third. We're going to cover that in a minute. Okay. Okay. All right. Uh, Officer Laughler, no comments. Sergeant Coleman, nothing
here. Lieutenant, uh, the only thing I want to say is that after 23 years of service to the city of Akoi, code enforcement officer Teresa Rodriguez will be retiring this Friday. A wonderful uh well, thank you very much
for your service. Uh any any closing comments? No, it's been a very good experience. Right. I love my job. Right. Um has treated me very good, but it's time to
move on and do my new adventures. Understood. Well, you will be missed. You will be missed. So, all right. Well, good luck in everything in the future. Let's put those good hands. I I see that. I see that. Yeah. Um citizens, I
appreciate you guys being here. Um you know, it helps us as the board to be able to, you know, try to do as fair and just as we can. Um you know, sometimes, uh you know, people don't show up and and things don't go their way, but they need to. Uh and uh we do have
availability on our board. Uh if anybody is interested in joining the code enforcement board, I am shamelessly soliciting this right now. So uh but uh and if you don't if anybody nobody here uh if you know of anybody who's interested uh please have them get a
hold of Mr. Cruz and uh they will walk you through. All right. So but again, thank you for being here. All right. We have a a couple housekeeping items that we need to take care of um regarding board members. Um we have two board
members that are resigning their position with us. Uh if you guys remember uh member Brennan, uh we just have we we didn't uh officially close him off the books, but we are today. And uh also uh member man um he has some uh
issues that preclude him from being able to be on the board anymore. So we are uh going to officially accept their resignations um and uh the city is going to take care of it. Uh do we need to make a a motion
to do that officially counselor or uh No, but you may certainly do it so as to make a record. Okay, we'll take a motion on the accepting the resignations of both member man and member Brennan. Would somebody uh like to make that
motion? So moved. Second. Okay, we have a motion and it's been accepted and uh and they are officially resigned off the board. Okay. All right. Uh we have a new meeting date
uh now that you guys are here. Now we're going to change the date on you. So um the uh city has decided that uh because of usually u we run into issues on the holidays in November to December the way the uh the board meeting uh ako code
enforcement board meetings were uh in their wisdom they are going to move it to the third uh Thursday uh same time 7 o'clock. So tell your friends and um but that's going to be starting in July. So, our next meeting is going to be the 3rd
Thursday at 7:00 in this room. Third Thursday. Third Thursday. Okay. And uh Mr. Cruz will be sending out uh emails. All right. And when do we normally
expect those? About a week ahead. About a week out. Um a week out. About a week out. Okay. Yeah. Okay. All right. Any other questions from anybody? No. Well, again, member Bickram, welcome to
the board. We're happy to have you and uh I'm sure that uh you're going to catch up to speed real quickly. All right, that being said, meeting adjourned.