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P. 1019 3rd Street S.E., Lot 44, City Block 160 Motion was made by Mary Crumpler, seconded by Stephen Brown for the building to be demolished within 30 days with a $1,000 per day civil penalty and if the building is not demolished within the 30 day time period, the City will demolish. Motion carried unanimously. Q. 301 E. Jackson Street, Lot 31, City Block 160 Mr. Gray stated that he does not own the house but he would like to have the property. Whenever he gets permission from his brothers and sisters, he will tear the house down. Motion was made by Chris Brown, seconded by Mary Crumpler for the house to be demolished within 30 days with a $1,000 per day civil penalty and if the building is not demolished within the 3 0 day time period, the City will demolish. Motion carried unanimously. R. 655 Graham Street, Lot 3, City Block 44 Mr. Talley advised that ownership of the property is not clear because LCAD records list several owners. He stated that afire occurred about 5 -6 months ago with 60 -70% destruction to the buildings, but there was no fire damage to the north end of the building. Mary Crumpler stated that the structure is a hazard to kids, and Robert Talley stated that the buildings are close to a school bus stop. Lisa Wright advised the Commission that she was aware of a sales contract on the property and that she provided a courtesy notice of the meeting to the realtor, so she was surprised no one was present. She recommended to the Commission that they order securing of the structure since the cost of demolition would be very high; this way the City could at least make sure the property was somewhat safe until funds were available for demolition in the event the City had to tear it down. Motion was made by Mary Crumpler, seconded by Harrell Tippitt for the structure to be demolished within 30 days with a $1,000 per day civil penalty, and if the building is not demolished within the 30 day time period, that the City will demolish; also the property must secured within 14 days, and if the property is not secured, then the City will secure. Motion carried unanimously. Pike Burkhart would like for the City to look into civil action —the committee agreed with this suggestion. Pike Burkhart thinks that the City should move as quickly as possible to determine what legal action can be taken. S. 339 4th Street S.W., Lot 26, City Block 118 Robert Talley advised the Commission that they had previously heard from Jacob McCullough who stated that he does not own this property. The City has determined that he does; however, Mr. McCullough received the letter but did not respond.