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Talley's recommendation. Motion carried unanimously. 4 -0 4. Code Enforcement update. (1.) Robert Talley stated that he received an award from the City Council for the number of demolitions and the report he presented to them. He expressed to the Committee that he wanted to share this award with them because without them he would not have received this award. Robert explained the report to the committee. There was a discussion that the tearing down of buildings has slowed down. Mr. Norris asked about 201 Bonham and Robert Talley stated that he will bring that structure back to BSC in November. Mr. Wilson said that in the September meeting we had 10 -15 on the list that were demolished and now we have 8. He expressed that 8 a month will not cut it. The Fire Chief explained that it is taking a couple of months to get the services cut off the properties and that we are working as fast as we can. He also explained that the weather will slow down the process also. We have 35 structures in the pipeline at this time. The Fire Chief also explained the process of the inspection of the downtown buildings and that in January we are going to start physically inspecting downtown to make sure it's safe. At this time we have 60 -70 identified structure for demolition. Mr. Wilson asked about the house on W. Houston that has a hole in the roof and it is occupied. The Fire Chief stated that unless the City if ready to get into the re- location business we are putting this structure on the back burner. We are avoiding this if possible. (2). Jon McFadden asked if he could get a file of our database so he could organized the property in order for him to go look at them. Robert Talley stated yes. 5. Discuss assessing civil penalties on 134 SW 1St. In 2012 a violation notice was sent out to the owner about the meeting on 2/20/12. Nothing was done at that time. Another notice was sent out 6/8/12 about the meeting at 6/18/12. At the 6/18/12 meeting a $10 per day civil penalty was assessed to the property per day. The owner hired Richard Hunt to repair the roof and at this time it is not leaking but the other repairs were not completed. The broken glass in the windows is still there along with other violations. Mr. Wilson explained that he was under the impression that if the civil penalties were not paid that they could turn into something else. Stephanie Harris (Attorney for the City) explained that you can file this with the District Clerk's office and it goes to the District Judge for a judgment. Mr. Wilson explained that the civil penalty was set at $10 per day and asked if we could bring the property back to BSC and increase the penalty to try to get the property owners attention. Stephanie Harris said as long as the property is brought back to the committee they can increase the civil penalty. Mr. Wilson told Mr. Talley if there are any more properties similar to this case to bring them back to the committee in a timelier manner. 6. Future agenda items. (1.) The old Belk building has a hole in the back of it. 7. Adjournment