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04/16/2012 MINUTESMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2012 4 :00 P.M. 1. Don Wilson called the Building and Standards Commission Meeting to order at 4:00 P.M. Roll was called. A. The following members were present: Zack Saffle Johnny Norris Wendell Moore Don Wilson B. The following members were absent: Lee Ann Barbee Ryan Lassiter Vicki Ballard C. Staff present: Robert Talley Nicki Brown John Lestock 2. Approval of minutes from previous meetings. (March 19, 2012) Motion was made by Johnny Norris and seconded by Zack Saffle to approve the minutes for the March 19, 2012 meeting. Motion carried unanimously. 4 -0 Don Wilson said that Wendell Moore found a mistake on the second page of the Legal Notice that was put in the paper. The date states February 20, 2012 and it should be April 16, 2012. After consulting with John Lestock (Assistant City Attorney) it was decided that no action can be taken on properties during this meeting. 3. Public Hearing to consider presentations by City of Paris Code Inspectors and owner(s) and /or lien holder(s) of the below properties who have been given notice of a violation of Article III of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, entitled "Substandard and Dangerous Buildings and Structures ": Request was made by Robert Talley to move to item 3 (D.), 1950 Hubbard; Lot 6 & PT of 7, Block 1 Highland Park Addition D. 1950 Hubbard; Lot 6 & PT of 7, Block 1, Highland Park Addition Owner: Anna Linch and Frances Jones 1611 HWY 24 S Paris, TX 75462 Present: Frances Jones Don Wilson apologized to Frank Jones property owner of 1950 Hubbard for the wrong date being posted on the Legal Notice and explained that we would send him a letter to attend the next meeting of the Building and Standards Commission. 4. Update from Code Enforcement (1) Don Wilson explained that Holland Harper was in attendance to update the Commission on the property owned by We Reit LLC TLLC at 266 -270 1St S.W.; Lot 3 -A, City Block 177 -A. Since there will be no action taken on this the Commission will listen to the update. He will not recuse himself since no action will be taken. Holland Harper's update on the building was to leave the building structurally sound with a structural engineer recommendation. They will demo the inside but leave it stable. They have several projects ahead of this one and will secure the building so outsiders cannot get into it. The repair will come later and will be handled through the permit department. (2) A spread sheet was in the Building and Standard packet. This is a list of properties the committee has looked at and the progress on the property. (3) Robert Talley included several pictures of downtown roof tops. He explained that Dale Mayberry the Fire Inspector took the photos after a rain to show that very little water is standing on the roof tops. Don Wilson wanted to know if Robert was still going to start a systematic check of the downtown buildings. Mr. Wilson would like to have proof we have started the inspections. 5. Future agenda Items (1.) All properties that were listed on this agenda need to be put on the next regular scheduled meeting. (2.) The Commission would like an updated report on how many buildings downtown Robert has inspected and how many are leaking. (3.) A system needs to be established on getting the downtown buildings inspected. (4.) On the report it needs to state if anyone refused to allow the city into the property and what process was taken to get access to the building and how it was handled. Don Wilson wants to focus on saving buildings. He stated we have a back log of demolitions. At this time we have not started demolitions since the ending of the State Supreme Court decision in Stewart vs. Dallas. We have 20 -30 homes on the list to demo. Johnny Norris stated if there are structures that can be saved they need to be saved. If a property is open to the public they should be taken care of first. Robert Talley stated that over 400 structures have been tore down in the past few years. Zack asked what the time frame was on getting the 20 -30 houses demolished. Robert stated that demolitions would start back up in May and that depending on the weather we could do up to twenty -five in one month. Zack Saffle stated that he didn't want the Commission to lose focus of getting rid of dilapidated houses. Don Wilson stated that in the next thirty days downtown properties need to be evaluated. Robert Talley stated that eventually a process will be formed for downtown inspections. (5.) Cherry Street Manor needs to be on the agenda for the Regular May Meeting. 6. Adjournment Motion was made by Johnny Norris, seconded by Wendell Moore to adjourn the meeting at 4:45pm. Motion carried unanimously. 4 -0 Next BSC Meeting scheduled for May 21, 2012 at 4:OOpm. APPROVED THIS 21ST DAY OF MAY, 2012. Don Wilson'