[Code Magistrate Hearing on March 12, 2025.] [00:00:05] IT'S 1:00. WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'VE REVIEWED THE DOCKET AND DIDN'T SEE ANY CASES ON WHICH I NEEDED TO ENTER AN ORDER OF RECUSAL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANYONE REGARDING ANY OF THE CASES. IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE ON, PLEASE TURN YOUR CELL PHONE TO OFF OR VIBRATE. IF YOU ANTICIPATE GETTING GIVING TESTIMONY, PLEASE STAND TO BE SWORN. AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOU GOD? AND. LET IT REFLECT. THE WITNESSES STANDING ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. CASE, MISS ASHMAN. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, CATHERINE ASHMAN, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER. AND, MR. LEWIS, WE HAVE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY. WE HAVE ITEMS A, B, E, EDWARD AND L, AS IN LINCOLN. SO WE WILL START WITH ITEM A PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 431 WAHOO ROAD. MOUSE TO WORK THIS FIRST. SECOND SLIDE IS FROM 2023. AND IT'S JUST AN AERIAL TO SHOW YOU THE LOCATION AREA OF BAY COUNTY. THIS IS LOCATED IS LOCATED ON THE CORPORATE AREA PANAMA CITY BEACH, COMMONLY KNOWN AS BAY POINT. SEE THE PROPERTY OUTLINED IN BLUE AT THE WINN-DIXIE AND THE THOMAS DRIVE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS IS A CLOSER UP AERIAL, OF COURSE, REMINDER THAT THESE PROPERTY LINES ARE NOT ACCURATE. THE PROPERTY A CLOSER UP AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY. THERE IS A SMALL PART OF IT THAT IS IN THE A FLOOD ZONE. ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY. LOCATED WITHIN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND. INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUNING WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAGISTRATE TONY BRUNI, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024, I MET WITH THE COMPLAINANT AT A RESIDENCE. SHE ALLOWED ME ON HER PROPERTY TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE VIOLATIONS ACROSS THE WATERWAY. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 17 TWO, IN THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. SO STARTING WITH THIS PHOTO, IS THIS THE HOUSE OR IS THIS THE. THAT'S THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. IT LOOKS LIKE NOTHING'S WRONG WITH IT UNTIL YOU GET AROUND TO THE BACK. THIS IS FROM ACROSS THE CANAL. THE BACK OF THE. THE HOUSE IN QUESTION IS BOARDED UP. IT'S MISSING SOME SIDING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOUSE THERE. NEXT. AND ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, INSPECTOR THORPE COMPLETED A BUILDING INSPECTION. AVENUE. MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORPE, I SUBMITTED MY CREDENTIALS OF RECORD. ON THIS DAY I DID A BUILD INSPECTION. I DID MEET THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER TENANT OR. I THINK SHE'S A PROPERTY OWNER. WE WALKED THROUGH THE HOUSE. SHE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING TO ME. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT A FEW YEARS AGO. A COMPANY WON'T DISCLOSE WHO IT WAS THAT ATTEMPTED TO SAVE THE FOUNDATION BY JACKING IT UP. I DON'T THINK THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB OR A SUFFICIENT ENOUGH JOB. BUT AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE PHOTOS, THIS IS A FRONT SHOT FROM WAHOO LOOKING IN TO DRIVEWAY. NOW THE DRIVEWAY DOES THE PROPERTY DOES. SIT DOWN A LITTLE BIT LOWER. THE WATER DOES WASH TOWARDS THE HOUSE. THIS PHOTO IS THE DRIVEWAY ON THE RIGHT HAND CORNER. THE DRIVEWAY IS FAILING AND COLLAPSING AS HOLLOW AS YOU WALK ACROSS. SO THE WATER IS FLOWING UNDER THE DRIVEWAY, UNDER THE FOUNDATION WASHING OUT. AND YOU'LL SEE LATER ON AS WE GET BACK TO THE STEM WALL WHERE IT'S BOWED OUT. THE SOIL IS KIND OF WASHING OUT IN THE SIDE. AND THEN AS YOU GO UP TO THE FRONT PORCH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS SEPARATED FROM THE HOUSE SEPARATING THIS LITTLE PATIO AREA IN THE FRONT. IT'S SEPARATING THE FRONT THERE. IT'S STARTING TO SAG AND COLLAPSE. THERE'S LIKE A DRAINAGE TO THE LEFT THERE. NEXT PHOTO. THERE'S THE DRAINAGE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S ALL CRACKING IN THERE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY SEPARATING AND PULLING AWAY FROM THE HOUSE IN THE FRONT TOO. YES, THIS IS THE FRONT. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE PATIO TO THE LEFT AS YOU WALK UP FRONT. AS WE WALK AROUND THE BACK, THERE WAS [00:05:02] A PORCH THAT WAS ON THERE. SOME TIME AGO IT WAS REMOVED. YOU CAN SEE THE STEM WALLS GOT QUITE A BIT OF CRACKS IN THERE. THE SLIDING GLASS DOORS HAVE BEEN SECURED SO NO ENTRY CAN COME UP. ANYONE CAN COME OUT. THE SIDING, THE BRICKS, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF. THERE'S NO BRICK CLIPS ON THE BOTTOM, ON THE BOTTOM AND ON THE SIDES. SO THE BRICKS ON BOTH SIDES ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE STEM WALL. BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WATER HAS BEEN PUSHING THAT WALL OUTWARD, ESPECIALLY IN THAT THE FURTHEST PHOTO YOU CAN SEE THE WALL, THE STEM WALLS BOWED OUT. AND YOU SAID THE BRICKS WERE FIXING TO SEPARATE FROM THE STORM. YEAH. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THAT THE VERTICAL. YES. ALIGNMENT. AND YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO HERE BETWEEN ABOUT THE WINDOW HEIGHT THERE. IT'S THE BRICKS ARE ACTUALLY BOWED OUT. AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT PHOTO WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY A GAP WATER HAS BEEN PUSHING THROUGH FROM UNDERNEATH THE FOUNDATION. THERE'S JUST SOME MORE CRACKS. A CLOSER VIEW OF THE CRACKS AND THE STEM WALL ON THE BACK. AND THERE'S ABOUT A TWO INCH SEPARATION FROM THAT TOP COURSE AND THE BOTTOM WHERE IT'S ACTUALLY KICKING OUT. AND THERE'S, THERE'S THE BRICKS BOAT OUT ON THE SIDE AND WATER, WATER AND SAND AND SOIL IS COMING OUT THE SIDE. AS WE WALKED IN, SHE TOOK ME FOR A TOUR THROUGH THE HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE TOWARDS THE LEFT THE FOUNDATIONS KIND OF CROWN OR IT'S STARTING TO SLOPE DOWNWARD. IT'S SEPARATED. HER BEDROOM HAS AN ENORMOUS CRACK IN A OVER ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE WALL. HER ROOM'S OVER TO THE RIGHT THERE. BUT AS WE TRANSITION OVER TO THE LEFT, IN THE CENTER OF THE LIVING ROOM, YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE LIVING ROOM HAS COLLAPSED DOWN. IT'S, I'D SAY ABOUT 4 OR 5, MAYBE SIX INCHES. AND IT'S JUST FRACTURED EVERYWHERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FOUNDATION IS GIVING, GIVING WAY. AND THERE'S MORE CRACKS IN THE LIVING ROOM. AND LIKE I SAID, HER BEDROOM HAS THE CARPET WAS THERE. YOU CAN FEEL UNDERNEATH IT. WE PULLED IT UP. THERE WAS AT LEAST A 2.5IN GAP AND SEPARATION OF ELEVATION, OR WHERE IT STEPS UP THE FOUNDATIONS SEPARATED. BUT I WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH HER. SHE IS HERE TODAY. SHE'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF TO GIVE TO YOU, BUT AS IT SITS, IT'S DEFINITELY UNFIT. UNSAFE. ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED ON CLAIM. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MARCH 4TH, 2025. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025. AND ON MARCH 10TH, 2025. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON THIS DATE, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME TO BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT AND DROPPED OFF A LETTER. I HAD NO CONTACT WITH HER. THE LETTER ADVISED SHE WAS CURRENTLY IN COURT PROCEEDINGS OVER THIS PROPERTY, AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING AN ATTORNEY THROUGH LEGAL AID. THERE'S A NO. PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED, AND THERE'S A COMPLIANCE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 16TH AT 9 A.M. PARADIGM IS THAT. OKAY? IF YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS, PLEASE? IT'S TAMMY PURDON, P.O. BOX 27419, PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLORIDA 32411. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW, PLEASE? WELL, IT'S JUST THAT I KNOW THAT IT'S IN VIOLATION. EXCEPT I'M TIED UP IN TWO OTHER COURT LITIGATIONS OVER THE HOUSE. THIS IS MY THIRD LITIGATION OVER IT. THAT BEFORE I GOT IT. MISS MERCER OWNED IT. BUT HER POWER OF ATTORNEY PUT INTO JACKET UP. I BEGGED HER NOT TO DO IT. I TOLD HER THERE WAS A WATER ISSUE. I HAD THE INSURANCE MAN TO COME OUT TO INSURE THE HOUSE. HE SAID IT WASN'T NECESSARY THAT WE NEEDED TO FIX THE WATER ISSUE IF WE WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING. YOU KNOW THAT THE HOUSE, BECAUSE MISS MERCER HAD ALREADY HAD RAM JACK TO COME AND JACK IT UP. IT WAS FINE. JUST WE NEEDED TO FIX THE WATER ISSUE. I THINK I SPOKE WITH THAT ABOUT THE WATER ISSUE AND THE OWNER THAT HAD IT. WELL, ACTUALLY, THE POWER THE POWER OF ATTORNEY, SHE JUST IGNORED ALL EVERYBODY'S ADVICE. I GAVE HER HIM HIS ADVICE. I GAVE HER OTHER PEOPLE'S ADVICE. I GAVE HER THE INSURANCE ADVICE. AND SHE JUST WENT AHEAD AND SPENT $88,000 TO HAVE IT UP. THAT WASN'T EVEN HER MONEY. SO I'M TIED UP IN ALL OF THAT LITIGATION AND THE STATE [00:10:08] AND THE COUNTY SAYING IT'S MY HOUSE. AND IF I KNEW FOR SURE THAT IT WAS, I'D PUT IT ON THE MARKET, I'D SELL IT, I'D SELL IT FOR THE LAND. BUT I'M TIED UP IN LITIGATION SAYING IT'S NOT MY HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. WHAT'S THE LITIGATION THAT YOU'RE IN? WELL, THE FIRST IS THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION. I OWE THEM. I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM RIGHT NOW. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS A HER MISS MERCER'S DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY. SHE'S GOT ME TIED UP SAYING THAT I WAS JUST A TENANT THERE. AND MISS MERCER SIGNED ME THE QUITCLAIM DEED OVER, AND SHE'S SAYING I'M JUST A TENANT, SO I'VE GOT A LAWYER FOR THAT ONE. BUT I'VE BEEN IN COURT FOR THAT FOR OVER EIGHT MONTHS, TELLING ME, DO I OWN IT? AM I JUST A TENANT? WHAT AM I, I DON'T KNOW. SO I FIGURED MAYBE IF I GOT AN ATTORNEY ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, HE COULD OPEN THE WHOLE. HAVE YOU? I'M SEARCHING FOR ONE. YOU'RE IN YOUR THIRD LITIGATION. THIS IS MY THIRD LITIGATION. OKAY. YOU'VE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ISSUE OF ARE YOU A TENANT OR ARE YOU THE OWNER? AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST ONE ABOUT? WELL, THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST ONE ABOUT WAS AM I A TENANT, AM I OWNER? BECAUSE IF THEY COULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO, NINE MONTHS AGO, AND THEY TOLD ME I OWNED IT, I'D HAVE PUT IT UP ON THE MARKET THEN AND JUST SELL IT, AND WHOEVER WHO WANTED IT COULD DO WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO DO WITH IT. WELL, WHO'S CLAIMING YOU TALK ABOUT A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY? WHO'S CLAIMING OWNERSHIP? MISS PAULETTE? WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S MISS MERCER'S NOW. SHE'S IN MEMORY CARE. BUT AT THE TIME, SHE WAS FINE. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE. SEE, IT'S JUST A WHOLE BIG THING. AND SO MISS GILLETTE CAME IN, AND MISS MERCER WAS MISS GILLETTE. THAT IS THE ORIGINAL OWNER, MISS MERCER'S STEPDAUGHTER, WHEN THE FATHER DIED. I'VE BEEN THERE WITH THEM. I'M KIN TO HIM. I'VE BEEN THERE WITH THEM. I WAS EIGHT YEARS TAKING CARE OF THEM IN THAT HOUSE. AND WHEN HE DIED. MISS GILLETTE, DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY, JUST CAME IN AND MADE A POWER SWEEP. I MEAN, SHE TOOK MISS MERCER'S $88,000 OUT OF HER RETIREMENT TO JACK THAT HOUSE UP. MISS MERCER WAS NEVER MADE AWARE OF THAT. AND I WAS BEGGING. MISS GILLETTE, PLEASE DON'T. I PUT HER OFF FOR A YEAR. DON'T DO THIS. DON'T DO THIS. IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING, FIX THE WATER ISSUE. PUT A BERM DOWN IN THERE. THAT HOUSE WAS BUILT UNDER DIFFERENT CODES THAN THE HOUSE IS BESIDE US, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT HOUSE IS WHAT, 82 OR SOMETHING? THE CODES ARE DIFFERENT. THE WATER'S RUNNING. AND HER AND HER HUSBAND JUST. I TOLD HER THERE WAS NO SAND UNDER THAT DRIVEWAY. THEY JUST BLEW ME OFF. AND I'VE BEEN AT MERCER'S IN MEMORY CARE. YES, SHE IS, BUT AT THE TIME, I GOT POWER OF ATTORNEY. IT WAS A YEAR AGO. I DID IT THE RIGHT WAY. I DID IT ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT WAY. I HAD ATTORNEYS TO DO IT. I JUST TOOK IT TO KEEP MISS. I HAD TO STOP MISS GILLETTE BECAUSE SHE'S IN PENNSYLVANIA. AT GILLETTE? YES. OKAY. HOW IS HOW IS SHE SPENDING ON MONEY? A HOUSE ON? SHE'S TAKING MISS MERCER'S MONEY. WELL, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS, IF THE TITLE IS IN YOUR NAME VIA A QUITCLAIM DEED. BUT SHE'S SAYING MISS MERCER WAS UNFIT, WAS IN MEMORY CARE, AND COULDN'T DO IT. BUT I HAD LAWYERS. I DID IT THE RIGHT WAY. THEY WENT. THEY. THEY TALKED TO MISS MERCER. I HAD THE DOCTOR THERE. I ASKED HIM, IS SHE? I'M GOING TO TELL THINGS THAT MISS GILLETTE HAS DONE BEHIND HER BACK. IT'S HORRIBLE. AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE POWER OF ATTORNEY. AND I KNOW HE SAID YES, PLEASE. I WANT HER TO HAVE IT, YOU KNOW. AND THEN THEY'RE SAYING THAT SHE COULDN'T DO IT AND IT'S JUST A MESS. AND MY NEXT STEP, MORE LITIGATION, WILL BE TO GET MISS MERCER, A GUARDIAN APPOINTED BY THE COURT, TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT BY MISS MERCER. IT'S JUST IT'S A MESS. WHEN'S YOUR NEXT COURT DATE ON THAT? I THINK IT'S MAY SOMETHING. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO GET HER AN ATTORNEY TO GET GUARDIANSHIP. SHE NEEDS COURT. BECAUSE MISS GILLETTE ALSO HAS GUARDIANSHIP OVER HER. AND I'M THE ONE THAT'S BEEN DOWN HERE WITH HER. I'M THE ONE THAT FOR YEARS. PUT HER OFF. DON'T DO THIS. DON'T, JACK. DON'T JACK THIS HOUSE UP. I WOULD SAY YOU'VE GOT A MESS ON YOUR HANDS. YES, SIR. IT'S NOT THAT I'VE IGNORED. I HAVE NOT IGNORED ANYBODY. I'M JUST. YOU KNOW, I WORKED THERE. THAT WAS MY JOB ALSO. YOU KNOW, I WAS BEING PAID TO BE THERE, BEING PAID TO TAKE CARE OF MISS MERCER, WHICH I DID A VERY GOOD JOB AT. WHY? MISS GILLETTE'S UP IN PENNSYLVANIA. AND, YOU KNOW, [00:15:07] THEY'RE MY COUSINS. BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN WITH THEM. A WEEK AFTER MICHAEL PASSED AND MY UNCLE WAYNE PASSED AWAY IN 22, I HAD POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER HIM. AND WHEN HER DAD PASSED AWAY, SHE JUST. WHAT IS YOU THIS THIS ACTION BETWEEN. MISS GILLETTE AND YOU AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU GOT HER TO FUDGE ON THE DEED. GOT MISS MERCER TO FUDGE ON THE DEED. WELL, WHAT IT WAS, YOUR HONOR. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW, IT'S TIED UP IN COURT. I JUST CALLED MY ATTORNEY, AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR IT TO BE PUT ON THE DOCKET. THAT'S WHAT. THAT'S WHAT THEY GO IN MAY FOR. THAT'S THEIR NEXT COURT DATE ON THAT. BUT IT'S BEEN SINCE LAST JULY SINCE I HIRED HIM TO DO THAT. WHO'S THAT BLOGGER. MR. ATKINSON'S UP IN CHIPLEY. OKAY. THE SAME ONE THAT DID THE POWER OF ATTORNEY. HE'S DOING THAT ONE FOR ME. OKAY, WOW. WOW. YES. I'VE NOT TOLD MISS GILLETTE ABOUT ANY OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A MESS WHEN, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SHE'S. I HAVE A COURT CASE OPEN, AND IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH. NO. DISCRIMINATION. SO SHE. I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT. I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IT JUST CAME IN TODAY. THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE HEARD. WHAT'S IT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT SAYS. IT'S OKAY. PUT IT IN. THERE. NO. SHE WASN'T. GOING BACK TO THE TO THE BENCH, MA'AM. GO BACK. TO THE. FIRST OF THE INDIGENOUS. LET'S JUST SAY THAT. IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO. I. [00:20:32] SAID TO YOU THAT IT TALKS ABOUT A MANSION IN CIRCUIT COURT. DO YOU HAVE THAT CASE? WAS THAT REPRESENTATION? AND. BEFORE WE ASK ANY MORE QUESTIONS, DO YOU MIND SAYING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? OH. I'M SORRY. KAYLA RENEAU. OKAY. AND 109010 ROAD. HOW ARE YOU TIED INTO THIS? I'M JUST HER COUSIN, AND SHE'S BEEN HELPING ME. THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY HELP I'VE BEEN GETTING. BUT IT'S JUST SUCH A BIG MESS THAT YOU KIND OF DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. OKAY, WELL, BASICALLY. MY DAD. WAS 36. IS WHAT? IT WAS. AND. OKAY, OKAY. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION COMING AFTER YOU FOR HOMEOWNERS FEES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YES, SIR. THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE TAKING AND SELL IT FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO 4000 I OWE THEM. I'M NOT SAYING I DON'T OWE THEM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO THE HOUSE BELONGS TO. ME OR HER OR. YOU KNOW, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT. I MEAN, IN WHICH CASE DO YOU HAVE THE HEARING IN MAY ON. THAT'S THE HOMEOWNERS CASE IS IN MAY. NOW, NOW, THE CASE I HAVE WITH MR. ATKINSON, I DON'T WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING. IT'S BEEN SINCE LAST JULY. I THINK WE THAT WAS FILED FOR HIM A MOTION OF DISMISSAL AND WE'VE NOT HEARD ANYTHING FROM IT. HAS HE NOTICED YOU ABOUT ANY KIND OF HEARINGS? [00:25:01] I TALKED TO HIM JUST THE OTHER DAY AND HE SAID NOTHING HAS CAME UP ON THE BOOKS OR ANYTHING. AND HE SAID, WELL, YES, SIR. HE SAID THAT I THINK, LIKE, I'M NOT FOR SURE. I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE HIM WRONG, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT IF THEY DON'T DO IT PRETTY SOON, HE'S JUST GOING TO FILE FOR A DISMISSAL. IF THEY DON'T ANSWER IT, THAT'S A FAILURE OF WHAT THEY CALL A FAILURE TO PROSECUTE. RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FOR SINCE I THINK IT WAS JULY OF LAST YEAR. THOSE ARE HARD TO WIN, RIGHT. BECAUSE THE ONLY THING I'D DO IS FILE SOMETHING. AND SO IT'S HARD TO WIN THAT WAY FOR ME OR HER FOR, YOU OR FOR ME. WELL, I DON'T I DON'T DOUBT THAT THE ONLY THING YOU HAD TO DO IS FILE ONE PIECE OF PAPER, SO TO SPEAK, AND THAT PRETTY WELL. THAT COST A FORTUNE. MAY I SAY SOMETHING ELSE? YOU SURELY MAY. WELL, I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T LET MISS GILLETTE KNOW ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE WHEN I TOOK POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER THEM AND THE CHILDREN, FAMILY SERVICES CAME INVOLVED. BUT I WAS OKAY. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG. THEY WOULDN'T LET ME SEE MISS MISS MERCER FOR, LIKE, EIGHT MONTHS. AND SHE WAS OVER THERE IN THE ASSISTANT LIVING BY HERSELF. SHE HAS NO FAMILY. SHE'S IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND THEY WOULDN'T LET ME SEE HER. AND THEN SHE WAS IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE I WENT OVER THERE ABOUT EVERY DAY. I WORKED WITH HER, YOU KNOW, I WAS THERE. THAT WAS MY JOB. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING PAID FOR. THAT'S WHAT HER FATHER, BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY, THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED UPON. AND THEN I TOLD MISS MERCER I FELT THAT SHE WAS READY TO HEAR WHAT ALL PAULA HAD DONE BEHIND HER BACK. I ASKED HER DOCTOR THAT WAS STANDING THERE. I HAVE HIS NAME AND HIS HANDWRITING. IF IT WAS OKAY FOR ME TO TELL HER SOME THINGS THAT PAULA HAD DONE, AND HE SAID, ABSOLUTELY, YOU. SHE'S IN FINE SHAPE. AND I DID. AND SHE PONDERED ON IT FOR I DIDN'T MENTION NOTHING ELSE TO HER. I SAID, YOU DEAL WITH INFORMATION IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. I'M JUST TELLING YOU. AND I WENT BACK IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND SHE SAID, I DON'T I WANT YOU TO HAVE POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER ME, AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE HOUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW WAYNE WANTED YOU TO HAVE IT. HE OFFERED ME THAT HOUSE. HE OFFERED ME THAT HOUSE. HE TOLD ME THAT I DIDN'T TAKE IT. APPARENTLY THE HOUSE WAS TITLED ORIGINALLY IN A TRUST. NO, SIR, IT'S NOT IN A HE. SHE PUT IT IN THE TRUST. MISS GILLETTE, HER DADDY, HER DADDY DID NOT MENTION A TRUST THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUST SHE, MISS GILLETTE, WENT TO ROBERT DUNCAN. HE TOLD HER, THERE'S NO TRUST. THERE'S NO TRUST SET UP. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THAT WAS MISS GILLETTE THAT SAID, ALL THOSE TRUSTS UP AFTER HE PASSED. NOW SHE HAD SHE DEALT WITH HIM IN FINANCES. WHEN I HAD POWER OF ATTORNEY OVER. SHE JUST WALKED OVER EVERYBODY. SHE USED AN OLD POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT SHE DID HAVE AND USING IT AS A CURRENT. AND THERE WAS A POWER OF ATTORNEY. THIS WAS IN 2001, POWER OF ATTORNEY. BUT, YOUR HONOR, I'VE SPENT TWO YEARS LOOKING AT FLORIDA STATUTES FOR DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEYS. I'VE GOT THEM ON MY PHONE. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE IS A BLATANT AGAINST STATUTE. THEY WERE UPDATED IN 2011. THEY WERE UPDATED AGAIN IN 2019. THEY WERE UPDATED AGAIN INTO 2023. I DON'T THINK SHE'S EVER LOOKED AT THE FIRST STATUTE OF WHAT SHE COULD AND COULD NOT DO. WELL, I MEAN, THE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EVEN IF A POWER OF ATTORNEY IS OUT THERE, YOU CAN REVOKE A POWER OF ATTORNEY. THAT'S WHAT I AND MOST POWER OF ATTORNEYS SAY RIGHT AT THE VERY START. THIS REVOKES ALL PREVIOUS POWERS OF ATTORNEY THAT I MIGHT HAVE, BUT THEY'RE FIGHTING ME BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING I WASN'T MENTALLY COMPETENT. THAT'S NOT TRUE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S NOT TRUE. THAT'S WHY SHE WANTS AN ATTORNEY, IS BECAUSE SHE HAD YOU HAVE THE I DO HAVE POWER OVER AND OVER. BUT THAT THEY SIGNED. YEAH BUT THE WHERE SHE'S AT SAID THAT I JUST HAD FRIENDS TO COME IN THERE AND HE, SHE SIGNED IT AND I TOOK IT OFF PREMISES TO HAVE IT NOTARIZED. I WAS SENT OUT OF THE ROOM. I COULDN'T BE IN THAT ROOM WITH, YOU KNOW, BEING QUESTIONED BY MY ATTORNEY AND HIS TWO ASSISTANTS. AND SHE, THE ASSISTANT CAME OUT AND SAID, HOW DID SHE? SHE SAID, MISS MERCER CORRECTED ME ON A FEW THINGS THAT SHE WAS. BUT NOW, SINCE I WOULDN'T BEEN ABLE TO SEE HER FOR EIGHT MONTHS, SHE IS IN BAD SHAPE. BUT I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT THEM TO STOP ME FROM SEEING HER AGAIN. WELL, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE OWNERSHIP IS TRULY UP IN THE AIR, RIGHT? I MEAN. BECAUSE THERE WAS A SECOND [00:30:17] DOABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT WAS DONE IN 2002 THROUGH HENRY LAWRENCE, THROUGH PERRY AND YOUNG. THAT'S THE POWER OF ATTORNEY THAT I WENT THROUGH. I GOT UP WITH HIM. I SAID, YOU KNOW, EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. MISS MERCER WANTS TO CHANGE A DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY. I'M LETTING YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THIS DOCUMENT THAT I'M READING. AND HE TOLD ME OR HIS ASSISTANT TOLD ME THAT HE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT ANYMORE. EITHER HE COULD RECOMMEND A LAWYER TO ME, OR I COULD GET A LAWYER AND HAVE A POWER OF ATTORNEY DONE THAT WAY. THAT'S A 2002 THAT I WAS USING. MISS MERCER'S USING. I MEAN, MISS GILLETTE'S USING ONE OF 2001. IF I FEEL IF WE COULD GET THAT STRAIGHTENED OUT, THEN THE REST OF IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH FOLLOW. YOU KNOW, I AGREE. YOU KNOW, I. THE QUESTION BECOMES, I THINK DO I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO TELL A TO DO SOMETHING WHEN A MIGHT NOT OWN THE HOME OR IS A IN POSSESSION OF THE HOME AND. AND B REALLY OWNS THE HOME. I MEAN A IS IN POSSESSION BUT B OWNS IT. AND WE GOT, WE'VE GOT THE OWNER'S INFORMATION FROM THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE SAYING I OWN IT. SHE SAYS IT'S A QUITCLAIM DEED. YEAH. THERE IS A NAME. MISS MERCER SIGNED IT OVER THE QUITCLAIM DEED IS THE SUBJECT OF SOME LITIGATION BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE CAPACITY TO EXECUTE. WELL, THAT'S NOT TRUE. BUT SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT CONCERNS ME. AND I'M NOT SURE WE WERE AWARE OF THAT AT THIS. AND YOU WOULDN'T BE. NO. YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK. NO, MA'AM. YOU WOULDN'T BE. IT ALMOST HAS TO BE SETTLED IN THE CIVIL OR CIRCUIT COURT BEFORE WE CAN. AND LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE GOT IT NOW. THEY'VE GOT A AN ACTION IN FRONT OF JUDGE SMITH IN THE COUNTY COURT. AND WRITS OF EJECTMENT ARE GENERALLY CIRCUIT COURT ISSUES. SO. IF BEVERLEY. IT'S A MESS. IT'S A MESS. OKAY. BUT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL ANYBODY TO DO ANYTHING, BUT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CONTACT. MISS SMITH IS ONE OF THE LAWYERS INVOLVED. AND CURRY ATKINSON UP IN. BONIFAY IS ONE. OKAY. CONTACT THEM AND SEE IF. SEE? YEAH. SEE IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME SORT OF STATUS REPORT BECAUSE I FEEL REAL UNCOMFORTABLE TRYING TO ORDER SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING IF THEY MIGHT NOT OWN THE PROPERTY OR, OR JEOPARDIZE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S INTEREST IN THE HOME BY TEARING IT DOWN. BUT AND, YOUR HONOR, I WELCOME THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT AFRAID FOR THEM TO CONTACT. BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT I KNOW IS I KNOW HOW SHE'S BEEN DONE. WELL, YOU KNOW, I I'M NOT GOING TO GET INVOLVED. I KNOW, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WAY, WAY, WAY BEYOND MY JURISDICTION. SO. I JUST, I GUESS, HAVE TO GET UP WITH THE RIGHT ATTORNEY. I DON'T KNOW, LET'S LET'S TICKLE THIS BACK FOR THE NEXT MY NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED. HEARING DATE. NOT THE NOT THE COMPLIANCE HEARINGS, BUT THE WHAT I CALL REAL LIFE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. LET'S PUT IT ON THE APRIL THE 16TH AND SEE IF MISS BEVERLY CAN FIND OUT SOMETHING IN THE IN THE MEANTIME. OKAY. THAT THAT WOULD BE AT 1:00. WE STILL JUST HAVE 1:00 ON THAT DAY. THAT'S THAT'S FINE. I JUST I DON'T WANT TO HAVE THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG, DRAWN OUT DAY, SO TO SPEAK, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE A LONG, DRAWN OUT ISSUE. IS THAT IS THAT THE DAY THAT THAT'S THE DAY THAT'S THE DATE I HAVE TO COME BACK. NO, NO, NO. I'M SORRY. I'M TALKING TO ONE OF YOUR. NO, NO, THAT'S THE 10TH. I'M THINKING OF THAT ONE ON THE 10TH. YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE MORNING HEARINGS. I JUST WANTED TO. OR THE NINTH. THE NINTH HEARING. WELL, I WANT TO GIVE HER ENOUGH TIME BACK THERE TO. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE. THIS WASN'T THE ONLY HEARING. THANK YOU FOR THAT DAY. SO. OH, APRIL THE 16TH. YEAH. THAT'S A THAT'S A COMPLIANCE HEARING DAY. RIGHT. WHICH I THINK YOU HAVE SOME COMING. SO YES. YEAH. YOU'VE SAID A BUNCH TODAY I THINK THIS MORNING. SO LET'S SEE IF WE CAN I DON'T KNOW IF, IF SHE CAN UNSCRAMBLE ALL OF THIS [00:35:10] BY THEN OR NOT, BUT OR AT LEAST MAYBE GET SOME INPUT AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE THINGS ARE. AND, AND IF YOU CAN URGE THEM TO MOVE IT ALONG. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I CAN'T ORDER THEM TO MOVE IT ALONG, BUT. YEAH, LET'S LET'S SEE IF MISS BEVERLY CAN UNTIE THE KNOT HERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. OKAY. WE'LL PUT IT ON THE 16TH. WE'LL CONTINUE UNTIL THE 16TH, 1:00 AT 1:00. SO AM I FREE TO. GO? I'M SORRY ABOUT ALL THIS. NO, IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. YOUR NOTICES TO BE HERE APRIL 16TH AT NINE. HE'S GOING TO CHANGE IT FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. JUST THIS MATTER IS CONTINUED UNTIL APRIL 16TH. PENDING INQUIRY BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SO WE WON'T HAVE AN ORDER FOR TODAY. I JUST TOLD HER THIS MATTER IS CONTINUED UNTIL APRIL. APRIL THE 16TH. PENDING. INPUT FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. OKAY, SO. OKAY. ITEM B, OKIE DOKIE. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 2339 MCCORMICK ROAD. THIS IS. AND THIS FIRST PHOTO IS JUST FOR LOCATION PURPOSES. IT'S AN AERIAL FROM 2023. PROPERTY IS OUTLINED IN BLUE. THIS IS IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT. THAT'S TRACTOR SUPPLY THAT SITS ON 77 CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. EXCUSE ME. JUST HAVE A SEAT. WE'LL CALL YOU IN A MINUTE, OKAY? OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SORRY. OKAY? OKAY. OKAY OKAY. SO THE WE HAVE SEVERAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE CIRCLED HERE THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING. ONLY A VERY SMALL PART OF THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE A FLOOD ZONE. TO. ON FEBRUARY 29TH, 2024, WE DID RECEIVE A COMPLAINT OF DERELICT VEHICLES, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH ON THIS PROPERTY. AND ON MARCH 1ST, 2024, INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF DERELICT VEHICLES, UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND OVERGROWTH. PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND CONTAINED WITHIN THE CASE FILE. THESE ARE PHOTOS FROM INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE TAKEN FROM THE ROADWAY. STARTING ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE. YOU SEE THE DARK MERCEDES BENZ. NO TAG, AN SUV, NO TAG, AND DOES NOT APPEAR OPERABLE. WE ALSO HAVE THIS RECREATIONAL VEHICLE THAT APPEARS DERELICT. SOME UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. ON MARCH 10TH OR I'M SORRY, APRIL 10TH, 2024. INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE DID MEET WITH MR. CHERYL. KELLY AT THE PROPERTY AND HE GOT PERMISSION TO WALK THE PROPERTY. AND AT THAT TIME, HE DID OBSERVE SEVERAL UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND THIS CASE WAS TURNED OVER TO INVESTIGATING INVESTIGATOR BRUNING. AT THAT TIME, DUE TO THE UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. THIS IS JUST A BETTER LOOK AT THAT RV WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER THAT DOES APPEAR DERELICT. WE HAVE ANOTHER CAR HERE. CLOSER UP. LOOK AT THE CAR WE SAW IN THE LAST PHOTOS. TRASH, JUNK. UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY INSIDE 1280 IS THERE WITH NO TAG. I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE STRUCTURES THAT IS IN QUESTION. AND. I'M GOING TO GO, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, KIND OF FAST FORWARD AND LET'S GET TO THE BUILDING INSPECTIONS. OKAY. APRIL 30TH, INSPECTOR SCOTT FALK CONDUCTED [00:40:01] AN AND HE IS HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MAGISTRATE INSPECTOR THORP. ON THIS DAY I DID MAKE CONTACT WITH MR. CHERYL. EXPLAINED TO HIM WHY I WAS THERE, ABOUT THE COMPLAINT, WHAT WAS GOING ON INSPECTION. HE WELCOMED ME TO WALK AROUND AND SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. BUT THERE IS A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, TWO ACCESSORIES THAT SIT ON THIS PROPERTY AND YOU'LL SEE AS WE WALK AROUND. THIS IS THE DOUBLE WIDE LOOKING FROM THE STREET. THE FRONT OF THE GABLE THERE. I THINK THOSE ARE THE PORCH OR OVERHANG OR SOMETHING AT ONE TIME, BUT THERE'S ROTTING BEHIND THE FASCIA ON THE ROOF LINE. SOME OF THE SIDING WAS PULLING OFF WITH SOME ROTTING BEHIND IT. THIS IS AROUND THE BACK OF THE THAT DOUBLE WIDE. YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT MOST OF THE WALL ALL THE WAY INTO THE GYPSUM BOARD. IT'S ACTUALLY HOLES PENETRATING INTO THE INTERIOR. THE WALL STUDS ARE ROTTED. BOTTOM PLATE. IT'S THE BACK WALL IS IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE. THERE'S A CLOSER VIEW FROM THE BACK PORCH OF THAT BACK WALL. THE FRONT DECK HERE WAS KIND OF UNSTABLE. WALKING ACROSS EXTENSION CORDS TO VARIOUS VEHICLES OUT IN THE YARD THERE, BUT THE FRONT PORCH IS GET A STRAIGHT SHOT TO THE DOOR. IT'S ALL RIGHT, BUT TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT IS ALL COLLAPSED AS IT SITS THERE. I NOTICED AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PICTURE BETWEEN THE RED AND THE ORANGE WIRE, THERE'S SOME, YEAH, OPEN ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS THERE. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THEY WENT OR NOT. I HAVE NO IDEA. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT. IT KIND OF WENT UNDER BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DEBRIS AND UNSCREENED PERSONAL ITEMS IN THE IN THE YARD COVERING EVERYTHING UP. THERE'S A RIGHT SIDE OF THE DECK THERE, SOME OF THE DECK BOARDS MISSING AND THE SHEETING OR THE FLOORING FOR THE DECK ROTTED THROUGH. THIS IS A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME IN THE BACK, SEVERAL WINDOWS BROKEN OUT, MISSING, BOARDED UP. IT'S GOT SOME ROOF DAMAGE, WALL DAMAGE, VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIAL TO CLOSE THE ENVELOPE. IT DOES LOOK LIKE IN ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE MOBILE HOME, IT TOOK A TREE STRIKE. THERE'S A DENT IN THE ROOF AND DEFLECTION ON THE WALL WHERE IT'S BOWING OUT THERE. THAT'S. WAS THAT AN AIR CONDITIONER DOWN THERE WHERE THE BOW IS OR THAT. YEAH, THAT IS THAT PROBABLY AT ONE TIME THERE WAS AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT IN THERE OR IT'S A KITCHEN WINDOW OR SOMETHING SMALL. SOME SMALL WINDOW OF DEFLECTION. YEAH. RIGHT THERE, THE SLIDING GLASS DOOR OFF TO THE RIGHT. YES, SIR. ANOTHER JUST JUST SHOWING A CLOSER VIEW OF THE WINDOWS MISSING. THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THE HOT WATER TANK WAS LOCATED AT ONE TIME AND WAS REPAIRED, PATCHED OVER. THIS IS THE BACKSIDE OF THAT MOBILE HOME. IT'S JUST GOT SOME METAL ROOFING COVERING UP THE WINDOWS AND SOME DAMAGED AREAS. IT WAS A POOL BACK THERE AS WELL. THIS IS THE END PART OF THE MOBILE HOME AGAIN. BOARDED UP WINDOWS. THIS FACES THE DOUBLE WIDE THAT WAS OCCUPIED IN THE FRONT. BOTH OF THEM DO HAVE POWER BY THE WAY. SINGLE WIRES GOT POWER. YES. THIS KIND OF EXPLAINS ITSELF. THIS ACCESSORY PRETTY ROTTED OUT, MISSING MOST OF THE ROOF. AND THEN THIS METAL BUILDING HERE. SIDING MISSING OFF THE FRONT. SOME ROOF DAMAGE ON THERE. IT DID TAKE A TREE STRIKE. IT'S GOT SOME BOWING IN THE CENTER WHERE IT'S COLLAPSING. EVERY ONE OF THEM SIT ON THE PROPERTY. UNFIT, UNSAFE. ON MAY 6TH, 2024, NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. ON JUNE 3RD, 2024, I SPOKE WITH BILL CHERYL BY PHONE. HE ADVISED HE RECEIVED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WILL WORK ON CORRECTING THE VIOLATIONS. JUNE 24TH, 2024. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. THE DERELICT VEHICLE IS STILL THERE. THE LITTLE BLAZER SUV IS GONE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE BOAT OR THE RV THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DERELICT OR NOT. YOU GOT THE LARGER MOTORHOME RV THAT'S DERELICT AND YOU STILL GOT THE UNFIT STRUCTURES. DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY TO THE DERELICT REMAIN. I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE TRUCK. IT'S PROBABLY OKAY, BUT THE RV IS STILL THERE. THE BOAT AND THE STRUCTURES ON SCREEN. PERSONAL PROPERTY. ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025, A NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE WAS SENT. CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO BILL CHERYL AS WELL AS YOUR BROTHER RAY. HIS BROTHER RAY. ACCORDING TO THE POSTAL SERVICE. BOTH NOTICES ARE STILL IN TRANSIT. ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025, I POSTED THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN [00:45:07] SEE THE DERELICT VEHICLES. TWO OF THEM ARE STILL THERE. BUT HE'S MAKING AN EFFORT TO GET SOME OF IT CLEANED UP. MAY 10TH, 2025 I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND HE WAS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE WORKING DOING SOME CLEANING THAT DAY. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED AND THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON APRIL 16TH AT 1 P.M. LOOKS LIKE THE BOAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. THE BOAT HAS BEEN REMOVED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT, BUT IT'S GONE. THE RV REMAINS BACK. THAT PICTURE UP. MISTER BILL, YOU GOT AN RV HERE? WHAT'S THAT ONE BEHIND THE FENCE THAT'S YOURS TO BESIDE THE HOUSE? YES. OKAY. TRAILER. STORAGE TRAILER. OKAY. I USED FOR STORAGE, I GOTCHA. THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY BOAT'S LEGAL. THAT CAMPER IS ILLEGAL. CHERYL, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE? YOU UP TO THAT? AND TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS? WILLIAM. CHERYL, 2339 MCCORMICK ROAD. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT THESE? STRUCTURES? I'M WORKING ON IT. I DONE GOT THE TWO SHEDS OUT BACK, DISMANTLED ALL. I'M HAULING IT OFF NOW AS WE SPEAK. I'M DOING ALL THIS BY MYSELF. I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF HELP HERE A COUPLE DAYS AGO. I'M ON DISABILITY, AND WHEN I GET MY DISABILITY CHECK, I. I SPEND WHAT I CAN. TOWARD IT. AND I ALSO HAVE TWO DUMPSTERS BEING BROUGHT OVER. MR. JERRY WILSON IS GOING TO THIS IS MY DAUGHTER, KAYLA. CHERYL, HELP OUT BECAUSE I LET HIM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU KNOW, DAD'S PLACE GOT REALLY BAD HURT DURING HURRICANE MICHAEL. THE FRONT PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF. THE BACK PORCH WAS RIPPED OFF, BOTH HIS SHEDS OUT BACK. AND I KNOW THAT IT NEEDS WORK AND IT NEEDS CLEANED UP. I HAD A HEART ATTACK HERE, A HEART ATTACK. BUT IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BEFORE AND JUST WHAT HAS BEEN DONE NOW, I KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP AND I'M I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET THESE DUMPSTERS OVER THERE BECAUSE I WANT TO AND I DO WANT TO GET A DEMOLITION PERMIT FOR THAT ONE TRAILER. I REALLY DO. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I GOT INSULATION AND STUFF TO GO ON THAT KITCHEN WALL WHERE I TOOK A SLIDING GLASS DOOR OUT, AND I PUT A SMALL WINDOW IN AGAIN. TELL US YOUR NAME AND A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS FOR YOU. KAYLA. CHERYL, 561 HICKORY BLUFF ROAD. PANAMA CITY, OR SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA. YES, SIR 409. YES, SIR. THE PROBLEM IS THE OTHER THE. DOUBLE WIDE. IT'S I KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S IN BAD SHAPE AND IT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIX. YEAH. AND REPAIRING MOBILE HOMES IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. YES, SIR. TO COMPLY WITH THE STATUTE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT TO USE. SEE, HE SAID IT ALL HIS LIFE AND NOW HE'S 66 AND HE'S DISABLED. I CAN DO IT THOUGH. BUT YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT HIM STEPPING OUT THROUGH THAT HOLE IN THE DECK OR WHATEVER. WELL, I WAS TEARING ALL THAT OFF WHEN THEY SHOWED UP. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING ANSWERS FOR. THAT'S WHAT I'M FRONT PORCH. I DO WANT TO. I MEAN, WELL, I WASN'T FIXING THAT PORCH. I WAS DISMANTLING IT. WELL, BUT THE BACK PLACE WHERE THE WALL AND THE WOOD IS ROTTEN. YEAH. YOU'RE NOT. I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR IT. I DON'T I DON'T MEAN TO BE UGLY, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO REPAIR OR IT'S NOT GOING TO REPAIR ECONOMICALLY. I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. I MEAN, REPAIRING, LIKE I SAID, REPAIRING A MOBILE HOME HAS GOT TO BE DONE A CERTAIN WAY. AND YOU'VE GOT TO USE THE SAME KIND OF MATERIALS THAT WERE IN THE MOBILE HOME WHEN YOU DID IT. AND THEN THAT RIGHT THERE. YEAH, I DONE CLEANED ALL THAT INSULATION OFF. THAT WAS ALL NEW. AND CLEANING IT OFF IS DIFFERENT IN THE HOUSE WRAP, THE HOUSE WRAP. COME OFF OF IT. SO [00:50:01] WHAT IT DID WELL, THE PROBLEM IS IT'S ROTTED NOW AND IT'S NOT SOUND AND IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE OF THAT. YES, SIR. AND SO, YOU KNOW. SOMEBODY IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND IT, THAT'S MY NEIGHBOR TO, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEAT PEOPLE OR NEAT NEIGHBORS YARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TALK WITH MR. WILSON AND SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S GOT A HE'S GOT A ROOFING LICENSE, AND I THINK HE'S GOT A CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE, TOO. BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LISTEN TO HIM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE POSSIBILITIES OF, OF BEING ABLE TO REPAIR IT. AND I JUST I'M NOT ENCOURAGED BY THE WAY THIS LOOKS. AND THAT OTHER SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. I THINK IT'S SHOT. YEAH. MY SON JUST KICKED THE WINDOWS OUT OF IT BECAUSE I EVICTED HIM OUT OF IT. YEAH, WELL, HE JUST WENT TO PRISON. HE'S IN PRISON. WHEN HE WAS THERE, HE WOULDN'T HELP HIM, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE. AND SO I'M GLAD I, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO DO WHAT I CAN AS FAR AS GETTING SOME MANLY HELP OVER THERE BECAUSE I'M DISABLED TOO, YOU KNOW? BUT I STILL GET OUT THERE LIKE THAT BACKYARD GRASS, THAT'S ALL. CUT DOWN. YOU KNOW, ME AND MY FRIEND, WE WENT OUT THERE AND DID IT, AND WE TRY TO KEEP IT UP. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR TAKING, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR DAD. BUT YEAH, THIS IS A TRUE SAFETY HAZARD. YEAH. AND. I HAVE AN OBLIGATION NOT ONLY TO Y'ALL, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T GET HURT ON THESE PREMISES, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE A NO TRESPASSING SIGN UP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IF SOME KID, YOU KNOW SAID YOU GOT A HOLE IN THE WALL THERE, AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST THINK THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ENTITLED TO DO WHAT YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. BUT GETTING THIS TO A WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A REPAIRABLE STATE IS GOING TO BE A JOB, IF IT'S POSSIBLE AT ALL. BUT, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO MR. WILSON, YOU KNOW, ASK HIM TO COME OVER AND LOOK AT IT, NOT JUST GET YOU THE DUMPSTER, BUT COME OVER AND LOOK AT IT. YEAH. AND. BOOK REPAIRS TO MOBILE HOMES HAVE ALSO GOT TO BE DONE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE THEY HAVE POSSESSED CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANY DOCTOR CAN BE, SAY, A GP, BUT WHEN YOU START OPERATING ON THE BRAIN, YOU GOT TO BE A SPECIALIST. WELL, OPERATE ON A MOBILE HOME. YOU GOT TO SORT OF BE A SPECIALIST. YEAH. SO THAT'S, A THAT'S A DIFFERENT IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME. WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO THESE MOBILE HOMES AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. EVERYTHING THAT'S EVER BEEN WRONG WITH THAT BECAUSE MY GRANDMA DID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE. AND MY DAD ALWAYS TAKES THE FLOOR. YOU KNOW, HE WAS MR. FIX IT. AND YOU KNOW, AND I'M TELLING YOU, I MEAN, THE HURRICANE REALLY PUT A BAD DAMAGE ON IT. AND AFTER THAT, DAD HAD A HEART ATTACK WHEN THEY WAS FIRST CLEANING IT UP. THAT'S WHEN HE HAD HIS FIRST HEART ATTACK. AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING HIS STUFF BEING HAULED OFF AND EVERYTHING. BUT I KNOW IT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP OVER THERE. I DO. WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPY. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CLEANED UP. AND. LIKE THE BUILDING INSPECTOR SAID, IT'S UNFIT AND UNSAFE AT THE PRESENT TIME. THOSE I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WIRES WERE HOT OR ANYTHING BUT ELECTRICAL STUFF ALWAYS. YEAH I DISCONNECTED ALL THAT AND CAPPED IT OFF JUST FOR SAFETY. YEAH, BECAUSE I'M TAKING ALL OF IT OUT. THEM CAP WIRES GET INTO A MUD PUDDLE. YES, SIR. THEY'RE GOING TO ELECTRIFY THAT MUD PUDDLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BITE SOMEBODY I AGREE. SO. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME THAN NORMAL. BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I'M HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO FIND A CONTRACTOR. WELL WE'LL WE'LL CONTACT JERRY AND SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. GET HIM OUT THERE AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. EXPLAIN TO JERRY. WHAT? TELL HIM. TELL HIM THAT YOU HAVE BEEN BEFORE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND YOU NEED SOME HELP FROM SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, SO TO SPEAK. AND I THINK HE'LL UNDERSTAND THE COMPLEXITIES OF DEALING WITH MOBILE HOMES. SO GET HIM OUT THERE. JUST WE DO HAVE SOME REPRESENTATIVES AT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE [00:55:04] SURE THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH MR. WILSON AND WHAT CONTRACTS HE HAS. WOULD HE BE ABLE TO MAKE THE REPAIRS? I DON'T THINK HE. I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GOT THAT SPECIAL, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. HE'S GOT MORE THAN JUST ROOFING. I KNOW THAT HE'S GOT. GENERAL. OKAY. I JUST DON'T WANT THEM THINKING THAT THAT HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT. YEAH. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT. I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S GOT ANY WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL A SPECIALIZED THING FOR THE MOBILE HOME STUFF. SO I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S. YEAH. BECAUSE FEMA WAS GOING TO FIX IT. AND THEY TOLD ME, OH, JUST GET YOU A CONTRACTOR. I COULDN'T FIND A CONTRACTOR FROM HERE TO DOTHAN TO PENSACOLA. I COULDN'T GET NO CONTRACTOR. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT FEMA HERE LATELY. SO IT'S A JOKE, BUT. ALL RIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE Y'ALL WANT TO ADD? OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, DO YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN, SIR, IF YOU NEED TO SIT DOWN, GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN. I. I DON'T WANT YOU TO. I'LL BE OKAY. ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? DOES HE NEED TO SIT DOWN? HE'S OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO FIND AGAIN, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 2339 MCCORMICK ROAD IN SOUTHPORT HAVE BEEN OR ARE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. HE HAS APPEARED PERSONALLY AND WITH HIS DAUGHTER, AND HAS BEEN AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER TESTIMONY REGARDING THIS MATTER. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOMES, TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. ADDITIONALLY, UNSCREENED UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, DERELICT VEHICLES, JUNK AND OVERGROWTH. AND YOU MIGHT HAVE CURED THE OVERGROWTH. I DON'T KNOW, YOU SAID YOU CUT SOME, BUT YEAH, BUT IT'S GOT TO YOU GOT TO MAINTAIN THAT GOOD STATUS. YES, SIR. I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM 60 DAYS TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. IN THAT 60 DAYS YOU'VE GOT TO ADDRESS BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. REMOVE ANY AND ALL JUNK AND OVERGROWTH. AND THAT INCLUDES THE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT'S OUT IN THE YARD. DERELICT VEHICLES, SO ON. YOU CAN KEEP ONE DERELICT VEHICLE IF THERE REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY AND STRUCTURALLY SOUND PRIMARY STRUCTURE. IF NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY, ALL VEHICLES, BOTH DERELICT AND OPERATIONAL, MUST BE STORED IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE OR REMOVED. YOU'VE GOT TO ADDRESS THE TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOMES AND THE TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. THAT FOLLOWS AS FOLLOWS. AND THIS IS WHERE IT CAN GET REAL EXPENSIVE. I WANT YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A DIME STORE FIX HERE. THIS IS EXPENSIVE. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOMES AND THE TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS MAY BE DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE ALL OF THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, REPAIR THE TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE MOBILE HOMES THAT ARE PRESENTLY UNFIT OR UNSAFE, AND THE TWO UNFIT OR UNSAFE OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE THE MOBILE HOME MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS FOR THAT SPECIFIC MODEL OF MOBILE HOME. AND THAT'S GOT TO GO TO CODE ENFORCEMENT OR ENGINEERING PLANS OR BLUEPRINTS THAT SHOW IT IS A DEVIATION FROM THE ORIGINAL HOME TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. AND I'LL GET A LIST OF THAT. YES, MA'AM. IT'S GOING TO COME TO YOU IN AN ORDER. OKAY. WE'LL SEND YOU AN ORDER. MADAM CLERK, IF YOU WOULD SEND ONE TO HER MAILING ADDRESS AND ONE TO [01:00:02] HIS MAILING ADDRESS. THE REPAIR OR REMODEL THE MOBILE HOME IN A MANNER THAT USES THE SAME MATERIAL AND DESIGN EQUIVALENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION STRUCTURE THAT'S INVOLVED SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE ROOF SYSTEM, WALL SYSTEM, FLOOR SYSTEMS, WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR DOORS OF THE MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOMES, ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT SHALL REQUIRE THE USE OF MATERIALS AND THE DESIGN EQUIVALENT TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION. REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE BY A DESIGNATED PERSON, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 320 .8245 PER N FOUR OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES. YOU GOT TO SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIMEFRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE STRUCTURE TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, ALL REQUIRED PERMITS AND MANUFACTURERS SPECIFICATIONS, ENGINEERING PLANS OR BLUEPRINT BLUEPRINTS MUST GO THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL ISSUE. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER, SERVICES, STAFF OR A DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED, AND PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE PERMITS OBTAINED UNDER THIS ORDER OR OBTAINED IN THIS MANNE, SHALL EXPIRE OR BE CANCELED FOR ANY REASON THAT SHALL BE DEEMED THE FAULT, AND SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE 60 DAYS. THAT MEANS YOU BASICALLY GETTING YOUR PERMITS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLETE THE REPAIRS THEMSELVES, BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE THE PERMITS IN HAND WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF TIME, I SEE, OKAY, THERE SHALL BE A FINE. I'M GOING TO REDUCE THAT TO $100 TO WHAT IS A FINE OF $100. IF YOU DON'T DO IT. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A THOUSAND, BUT I'M REDUCING IT TO 100. OKAY. SO HE'S WE NEED TO GET THESE PERMITS. YES, MA'AM. THE BUILDING PERMIT. AND DON'T LET THE GRASS GROW UNDER YOUR FEET. I MEAN, KEEP MOVING ON THIS. AND LIKE I SAID, I WOULD GET JERRY OUT THERE FIRST, OKAY? DON'T BE SPENDING THE MONEY TO PULL THE PERMITS. IF JERRY COMES OUT THERE AND TELLS YOU IT AIN'T WORTH IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF YOU GET EITHER A DEMOLITION OR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET FORTH, AND THEN YOU ALLOW THAT PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR IT BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON THAT WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND A DEFAULT WILL BE DEEMED AS A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. AS I INDICATED, THE FINES IMPOSED IN IN THIS MATTER WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY. OKAY, THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW. WHEN'S THE COMPLIANCE? THE COMPLIANCE HEARING WILL THEN BE MOVED TO MAY 14TH AT 1:00 IN THE SAME ROOM. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A WRITE THAT DOWN FOR YOU AND THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE ON MAY THE 14TH. AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW ME MORE PHOTOGRAPHS. AND THEY'LL SAY THEY DID OR DIDN'T DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DONE. AND AT THAT POINT, OKAY, SO GET GET JERRY OUT THERE TO LOOK AT IT. AND THEN THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST STEP. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET HIM TELL YOU. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE IF HE DOES SAY GO FOR IT. GO GET THE PERMITS AND DO ALL THAT. WELL YOU'VE GOT TO YOU'VE GOT TO GET ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT THEY WHEN YOU GET A PERMIT APPLICATION, YOU'VE GOT TO SUBMIT A BUNCH OF PAPERWORK WITH IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S WHERE IT GETS EXPENSIVE. THE ARCHITECTS, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF. AND WHAT IS THAT CALLED? WHAT IS THOSE PEOPLE CALLED AN ENGINEER? OR IT COULD BE AN ENGINEER'S REPORT, OR IT COULD BE A OR AN ARCHITECT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT GETS EXPENSIVE, THEM DRAWING UP THE BLUEPRINT. IT DOES. DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M OKAY, DADDY. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT AN ENGINEER PRICING GUY, SO. OKAY. OKEYDOKE. I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE CARE OF [01:05:02] THE DERELICT VEHICLES AND THE UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE SONG WE'RE GETTING THE MERCEDES OUT. AND I THINK THE ONE THING HE WAS WANTING TO KEEP IS THAT BIG YELLOW RV AIN'T YOUR DAD OKAY? BUT WE'RE. I'M TRYING TO. I UNDERSTAND IT'S DIFFICULT WHEN YOUR HEALTH IS NOT THE BEST IN THE WORLD, SO. BUT Y'ALL KEEP MOVING FORWARD. DON'T LOOK BACK. MOVE FORWARD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. GOOD LUCK WITH IT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA THAT IS PRESENT IS ITEM E. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6811 THOMAS DRIVE. THIS IS A COMPLIANT NONCOMPLIANCE HEARING. AND. INVESTIGATOR CLARKSON IS HERE TO PRESENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, ROBERT CLARKSON. BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY REPORT AND EXHIBITS FOR THIS CASE. THIS WAS PRESENTED BACK TO YOU. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR BACK THIS IS. THE SECOND COMPLIANCE HEARING. IT WAS BROUGHT TO YOU IN JANUARY OR JUNE THE 19TH, 2004. AND WHEN SHE WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF JUNK TRASH OVERGROWTH, DERELICT VEHICLES, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY AND BLIGHTED PROPERTY AS UNSAFE, UNFIT BALCONY. AT THAT TIME, HE WAS ORDERED 30 DAYS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE OR INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25 BE IMPOSED IF THAT PROPERTY WASN'T BROUGHT TO COMPLIANCE. THE ORIGINAL ORDER WAS ATTACHED. ON JUNE 23RD, THE PROPERTY WAS INSPECTED AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SEPTEMBER THE 23RD THE PROPERTIES WERE INSPECTED. THE VIOLATIONS WERE CORRECTED EXCEPT FOR THE UNFIT, UNSAFE BALCONY. THAT TIME, NO PERMIT HAD BEEN APPLIED FOR OR ISSUED TO DEMOLISH OR REMOVE THE BALCONY, PORCH OR STAIRCASE. A NONCOMPLIANCE HEARING WAS SCHEDULED. HIS STATEMENTS FOR ARE ORDERED AND CERTIFIED NOTICES WERE SENT OUT. THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND ON JANUARY THE OR EXCUSE ME, FEBRUARY THE 5TH. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID APPLY FOR A PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE BALCONY. HOWEVER, HE DIDN'T ADDRESS THE EGRESS AND THAT WAS SENT BACK FOR CORRECTION. ON FEBRUARY 10TH, THE RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AS PHOTO SHOWS HERE. IT WAS STILL IN VIOLATION. ON THE 12TH. WE MET WITH YOU AGAIN ON NON COMPLIANCE HEARING, WHICH TIME YOU CONTINUED THE CASE TILL TODAY TO GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE EGRESS ON THAT STRUCTURE BEFORE HE COULD REMOVE THE BALCONY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ON THE 25TH HE DID COME IN WITH A CONTRACTOR AND WAS DIRECTED. THE PROPERTY OWNER CAME TO OUR OFFICE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND WAS DIRECTED TO GO DOWNSTAIRS TO BUILDING SERVICES ABOUT THE PERMITTING. ON THE 10TH, RIGHT HERE AT THE LAST, LAST MOMENT, HE HE DID EVENTUALLY GO IN WITH A CONTRACTOR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS THE CONTRACTOR WAS VERY CONFRONTATIONAL WITH THE PERMIT OFFICIALS, BUT THEY DID APPLY FOR A PERMIT TO ADDRESS THE EGRESS. AND THE PERMIT IS TO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TO REMOVE THE DOOR AND PUT A WINDOW IN. AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM, ONCE THAT IS COMPLETED, TO REMOVE THE BALCONY. BUT THAT INITIAL PERMIT IS ALSO IN PLANS REVIEW AND IS NOT ACTIVE. AND PARTIES ARE HERE TO TESTIFY. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME ISSUE THAT THAT HAD TO BE A DOOR ON THE SECOND FLOOR BECAUSE OF EGRESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I'M SURE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT COULD COULD EXPLAIN THAT BETTER OR INSPECTOR THORPE, BUT BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WILL ALLOW HIM TO PUT A WINDOW. BUT DO SO YOU'D HAVE TO REMOVE. HE WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE THE BALCONY, WHICH HE PLANS TO DO. WE DID. WE HAVE THE PERMITTING PARK HERE? AND THE PLANS REVIEW ARE HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT. BUT SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE HAS BEEN A PERMIT APPLIED FOR AND I REALLY HAVE NO FURTHER TESTIMONY. MR. ACOSTA'S. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. TELL US YOUR NAME AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. VITALY TSESHKOVSKY, 68, 11 [01:10:05] THOMAS DRIVE. OKAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW? FIRST, I WAS LOOKING FOR THE ENGINEER WHO CAN EITHER TELL ME WHAT TO DO, BUT THEY ARE THE CONTRACTOR THAT I KNOW. HE SAID THAT I ACTUALLY BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF DEBATABLE, AS I UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN PUT A WINDOW THERE OR I CANNOT. BUT THE CONTRACTOR SAID THAT I CAN AND I CAN APPLY FOR THE PERMIT MYSELF. WE WENT, I WENT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THEY REFUSED FOR ME TO APPLY FOR THE I MEAN, THE CONTRACTOR WAS DEBATING WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. IF I CANNOT OR CAN PULL, I MEAN APPLY FOR THE PERMIT MYSELF AND EVENTUALLY THE CONTRACTOR, HE AGREED TO APPLY FOR THE PERMIT UNDER HIS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. SO BECAUSE HE SAID THAT I CAN DO IT MYSELF, BUT. APPARENTLY NOT. SO THE CONTRACTOR APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT. BUT I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT I HAVE TO PUT THE WINDOW FIRST AND ONLY THEN REMOVE THEIR. THE STRUCTURE, THE PORCH. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD? I DON'T KNOW OKAY. I ASSUME THAT THAT'S A NO THEN. OKAY. BUILDER SERVICES WHO WANTS TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS I. WHERE HAS HE BEEN. ARE YOU SWORN OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR PROFESSIONAL ADDRESS. YES, SIR. THAT'S CHARLIE MCDERMOTT, PERMIT TECHNICIAN TWO FOR BAY COUNTY BUILDER SERVICES HERE AT 840 WEST 11TH STREET. OKAY. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THIS? LAST FRIDAY, THE HOMEOWNER CAME IN AND WE DISCUSSED THE PERMIT FOR REMOVING THE DECK AND CHANGING THE DOOR TO A WINDOW. ADVISED THEM THAT IF HE WANTED TO PULL HIS OWN HOME OWNER BUILDER PERMIT, HE WOULD HAVE TO GET ENGINEER DRAWINGS FROM AN ENGINEER, OR IF HE HAD A CONTRACTOR, WHICH HE STATED HE HAD A CONTRACTOR FRIEND THAT WAS GOING TO DO THE DRAWINGS FOR HIM. I STATED THAT THE CONTRACTOR WOULD HAVE TO PULL THE PERMIT HIMSELF, AND IT COULD NOT BE AN OWNER BUILDER PERMIT. THEY LEFT FRIDAY. THEY CAME BACK MONDAY, TRIED TO PULL THE PERMIT AS AN OWNER BUILDER. HE HAD THE CONTRACTOR DRAWN AND ENDORSED PLANS. AT THAT TIME. I ADVISED AGAIN, IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THE CONTRACTOR ENDORSED PLANS, THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO PULL THE PERMIT HIMSELF. IT CANNOT BE AN OWNER. BUILDER GOT THE CONTRACTOR ON THE PHONE. HE THEY CAME INTO THE OFFICE LATER THAT DAY. THERE WAS SOME BACK AND FORTH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CONTRACTOR DID AGREE TO PULL THE PERMIT. THE VERY NEXT MORNING, 2 OR 311 HE DID PULL THE OR APPLY FOR THE RENOVATION PERMIT TO CHANGE THE DOOR TO A WINDOW. ONCE THAT'S APPROVED IN PLAN REVIEW, THEY COMPLETE THE WORK. THEN WE CAN APPROVE THE DEMOLITION FOR THE DECK. WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE THAT MEANS OF EGRESS BEFORE WE CAN ELIMINATE THE DECK. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE. ALL RIGHT. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THUS FAR ARE THEY IS THAT A COMPLETE PACKAGE AS OF TODAY? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET ME LET ME VERIFY. SO AS, AS FAR AS THE PLANNING, THEY'RE THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED THE PLAN. THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO MY KNOWLEDGE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION. IF THERE'S ANY DISCREPANCY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT'S UP TO PLAN REVIEW. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN THEY WILL SEND THAT CORRECTION TO THEM AND THEY WILL MAKE THE CORRECTIONS AND THE PLANS. THEN IT'LL COME BACK AND THEY CAN ISSUE THE PERMIT OR WE CAN ISSUE THE PERMIT. HOW LONG A PROCESS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THERE? I MEAN, AT THIS POINT, SINCE IT'S ESCALATED, OUR SENIOR PLANS REVIEW HAS NAVARRO HAS IT IN HIS PERSONAL HANDS. SO WE ARE TRYING TO ESCALATE AND PUSH IT THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, OKAY, SO WHEN IS OUR NEXT WHEN IS OUR NEXT HEARING DATE? REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS IS THE COMPLIANCE HEARING DATE. SO YEAH, I REALIZE THAT. BUT WE'VE GOT I DON'T WANT IT TO DRAG ON. I MEAN IF THEY SAY IT'S NOT COMPLETE AND YOU GOT TO DO THIS AND THEN THE OWNER SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, I'M GOING TO FIX I'M FIXING TO SHUT IT DOWN. AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AS FAR AS THE PERMITTING SIDE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED, IT'S A COMPLETE APPLICATION. HOWEVER, THERE [01:15:01] COULD BE SOME MISSING THINGS WHEN IT COMES TO PLANNING AND I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THEY HAVE THE PERMIT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO ISSUE. I MEAN THAT'S THEIR DETERMINATION. BUT IF THEY SAY NO, YOU GOT TO DO THIS. AND HE SAYS, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT, THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE THE CALL. CORRECT. WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO WHEN IS WHEN IS THE NEXT DAY WE'RE GOING TO MEET. THE NEXT DAY YOU WILL BE HERE IS NEXT WEEK. YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU GET IT DONE THAT FAST I DON'T KNOW IF. MARCH OR. YEAH MARCH. WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN PUSH IT THROUGH MARCH 19TH. WE CAN GET A DECISION ON OUR END BEFORE MARCH 19TH. DAN I BELIEVE SO, YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MARCH 19TH OKAY. WHAT TIME AT 1:00. 1:00. IS THAT 1:00 OR 9:00? 1:00. ALL ALL OF THEM ARE ONE ON THE 19TH. OKAY. THAT'S MY REGULAR. THAT'S YOUR REGULAR COMPLIANCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, ON OUR END, WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THE PLAN REVIEW IS ACCEPTABLE OR NOT ON THAT END OF IT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I CANNOT GUARANTEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE IT BY THE 19TH. BUT WE CAN HAVE A DECISION MADE ON WHETHER THE PLANS AND ALL THAT ARE GOOD. BY THE 19TH, ALL THE DUCKS ARE IN A ROW FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT. YES, SIR. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. UNDERSTOOD. AND BUT IF THERE BECOMES A DISAGREEMENT AS TO WHAT'S REQUIRED, I'M GOING TO MAKE THE CALL AT THAT POINT. UNDERSTOOD. AND NOT AS TO WHAT'S REQUIRED. I'M GOING TO MAKE THE CALL AS TO FINE OR NO. FINE. YES, SIR. UNDERSTOOD. SO. THIS ONE NEEDS TO MOVE ON. SO. ALL RIGHT. YOU NEED TO BE BACK HERE ON MARCH THE 19TH AT 1:00. BUT WHATEVER THEY TELL YOU TO DO, I'M SUGGESTING YOU BETTER DO IT. I. IT'S WAITING FOR THE PERMIT. OKAY. THE PLUG IS GOING TO BE PULLED ON MARCH THE 19TH. IF IT'S NOT RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE FOR THAT. WE HAVE LAST ITEM. HERE IS ITEM L WHICH IS 7739 GADSDEN AVENUE. OKAY I WAS IN LINCOLN. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JULY 17TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURES. THE RESPONDENT DID NOT APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE PHOTOS THAT WAS SHOWN JUST OF THE PROPERTY JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THAT JULY 17TH HEARING. THESE ARE JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE PROPERTY THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED. THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $100 WOULD BE IMPOSED. AND SHOULD THE VIOLATIONS REMAIN, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND ON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ON AUGUST 19TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU SEE IN SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2024, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. SLIDE NUMBER NINE, STARTING ON SLIDE NUMBER NINE IS THE DAY OF THE ASBESTOS SURVEY. 11 1213 IS GOING TO BE THE INSIDE OF THE HOME. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2024, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD, STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, 2024. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024. THAT'S A SORRY TYPO ON THE SLIDE THERE. A PRE BID INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED. THAT NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY. THIS CONTENT. AND AS YOU SEE THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION ON SEPTEMBER 25TH. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $2,585.18, AND ON [01:20:12] JANUARY 7TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON SLIDE 30 AND 31. ON FEBRUARY 28TH, A NOTICE OF SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY ADDRESS LISTED IN THE BAY COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. NO RETURN SERVICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND THE REGULAR MAIL HAS NOT RETURNED. THE NOTICE WAS ALSO SENT TO AN ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS OF 7731 GADSDEN AVENUE, AND WAS DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY 10TH, 2025, AND THE NOTICE WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER ON FEBRUARY 26TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. BETTY WILLIAMSON OR SHEILA STEVENS, GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU WOULD TELL US YOUR NAME, PLEASE, MA'AM, AND GIVE US A GOOD MAILING ADDRESS. BETTY WILLIAMSON, 1227 THIRD STREET, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA, 3249. WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO KNOW THAT? IT'S ALREADY GONE. AND I'M LIKE, ON A FIXED INCOME. I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY THAT SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO GET HELP TO PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T PAY. SO I CAME IN TODAY TO SEE IF MAYBE YOU COULD RECOMMEND SOMEBODY BECAUSE A FIXED INCOME DOESN'T MEAN MUCH. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY GROUPS THAT ARE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ASSISTING IN THE PAYMENT OF THESE THINGS. NOW, THEY DO ALLOW YOU AS IT AS IT RELATES TO THE COST OF THE. ABATEMENT ITSELF. THAT'S THE ASBESTOS SURVEY AND THE ACTUAL COST OF DEMOLITION. THEY WILL PUT THAT ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. I'LL LET YOU PAY A LITTLE BIT ON IT AT A TIME. YOU DO NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT. IT HAS IT CARRIES WHAT THEY CALL STATUTORY INTEREST, WHICH IS QUITE HONESTLY, IT'S PRETTY SPORTY. I MEAN, IT'S WHAT, 9%? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE PUTTING IT ON A CREDIT CARD ALMOST. BUT YOU CAN DO THAT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. I IMPOSED A FINE OF $100, BUT I'M GOING TO WAIVE THAT TODAY. THANK YOU. SO. THERE WILL BE A COST ALLOCATED AGAINST YOU IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,385.18. YOU CAN PAY THAT OVER FIVE YEARS. IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT. ALL THE PROPERTY ON THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THEY'LL THEY'LL SEND THAT OUT TO YOU. AND WHEN DO THEY ADD IT. JUNE 30TH. SO THE INTEREST WILL ACCRUE ON THIS 3385 18 ONCE THIS ORDER IS RECORDED WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT, THE INTEREST WILL START ACCRUE ON THIS BALANCE AND THE INTEREST WILL STOP OCCURRING ON JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. AND THE BALANCES WILL BE ADDED TOGETHER AND PUT ON YOUR PROPERTY TAXES SPLIT BETWEEN FIVE YEARS. OR. YEAH, I'M SORRY, I'M HARD OF HEARING. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE GOT EVERYTHING. WE'RE GOING TO SEND YOU A COPY OF ALL THIS, OKAY? NOW IT WON'T HAVE THAT EXPLANATION ABOUT THE FIVE YEARS AND ALL THAT SHE WAS. I'M HER DAUGHTER. OKAY, SHEILA, DO YOU NEED TO KNOW? OKAY. SHE WAS JUST ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF LENIENCY. ON WHAT SHE HAS BEEN CHARGED. THE ONLY THING I CAN ADDRESS IS THE FINE. THAT THE ACTUAL COST. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS EXPENDED THAT MONEY, AND WE'VE GOT TO RECOUP IT IF WE CAN. AS FAR AS THE INTEREST IS THAT MONTHLY INTEREST IS DAILY IS THE DAILY, IT IS DAILY. AND JUST LIKE GETTING A LOAN. YES, MA'AM. AND YOU CAN MAKE PAYMENTS ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL JUNE TO HELP KEEP THE BALANCE DOWN THAT GETS ASSESSED TO YOUR PROPERTY TAXES. OKAY. BUT YOU HEAR THAT, MAMA? NO, BUT YOU CAN TELL ME. OKAY. IT'S. AND THEY ADJUST THAT, BUT QUARTERLY, THEY ADJUST IT QUARTERLY. RIGHT NOW IT IS SITTING AT 9.38% AND THE INTEREST RATE IS DUE TO CHANGE APRIL 1ST. BUT THEY HAVE NOT LET US KNOW WHAT THE INTEREST RATE IS GOING TO BE APRIL 1ST. OKAY. YOU'LL SEND HER SOMETHING ON THAT? NO, MA'AM. NO. IT JUST IT JUST FLUCTUATES. AND SO. OKAY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT. SO JUST SOMETHING I HAVE TO CHECK ON. [01:25:04] RIGHT. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT IT. THE FINE WOULD NOT EVEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DEFERRED PAYMENT PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I'M JUST WAVING THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT FIGURE. SHE'S ON A FIXED INCOME AND SO WE'LL GO FROM THAT. YEAH OKAY. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE THAT I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT SHOULD BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND THE INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,385.18, WHICH SHALL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER, THAT UPON RECORDING OF THIS SECOND ORDER AND THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS RELATED TO THE ABATEMENT OF THE VIOLATION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT COLLECTION ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE BAY COUNTY CODE, BUT SHE DOES HAVE FIVE YEARS. YES, MA'AM, TO MAKE THE PAYMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION WE HAVE TODAY. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PHONE CALLS, SO THAT WOULD BRING US BACK TO ITEM C, 7420, HIGHWAY 2302. THIS FIRST SLIDE, SLIDE NUMBER TWO IS GOING TO BE JUST FOR PROPERTY LOCATION. IT WAS AN AERIAL TAKEN IN 2023. IS LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED AREA. BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT. THIS IS THE PROPERTY HERE. WE HAVE SOUTHPORT ELEMENTARY HIGHWAY 77. AND CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND ON AUGUST 27TH, 2024. INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUNING INITIATED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ON AUGUST 27TH, 2024. I WAS UP THERE, OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY WHILE PATROLLING THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY KNOWN AS SOUTHPORT. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IT IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE SECTION 1702, IN THE FORM AN UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. DERELICT VEHICLE, DERELICT WATERCRAFT AND OVERGROWTH. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS SOME KIND OF A SHOP. USED TO BE HAS NO ROOF. YOU GOT DERELICT VESSEL AND A TRUCK AND OVERGROWTH JUNK DERELICT TRAILER. ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2024, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024. SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NO CHANGE. NOVEMBER 6TH, 2024. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NO CHANGE. IS THAT SHED BACK THERE BEHIND THAT FENCE? IS THAT ANOTHER PROPERTY? NO, THAT'S THE SAME PROPERTY. THIS STUFF ON THE OUTSIDE. THE FENCE IS ALSO HIS PROPERTY. HE'S JUST GOT A SMALL YARD PORTION OF IT FENCED OFF. AND THERE MAY BE A THERE'S A DERELICT VEHICLE INSIDE THAT FENCE AS WELL. THAT LITTLE TRUCK. RIGHT HERE. YES. YES, MA'AM. THERE'S THE VESSEL. DECEMBER 9TH, 2024. WE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. NO CHANGE. ON FEBRUARY 6TH, 2025. AND THIS VIOLATION NOTICE WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD CERTIFIED NOTICE WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED. THE REGULAR MAIL DID NOT RETURN. I POSTED THE PROPERTY ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025. THE GRASS HAD BEEN CUT. THERE'S STILL OVERGROWTH, BUT THEY'RE MAKING AN ATTEMPT. [01:30:06] AND ON MARCH 10TH, 2025, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINS IN VIOLATION. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THIS CASE NO PERMITS EITHER. AS OF THIS MORNING. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLIANCE HEARING ON APRIL 16TH, 2025 AT 1:00 PM. A BIG WINDOW LOOKING INSIDE THAT BUILDING. YEAH, YEAH. AND NOBODY'S HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY? NO, SIR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBITS THAT I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GONNA FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7420 HIGHWAY 2302, IN SOUTHPORT, IS LOCATED WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROV OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT BY POSTING AND HE NO ONE HAS APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE RESPONDENT. A VIOLATION OF 1702 EXISTS IN THE FORM OF UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, AND THAT IS SPECIFICALLY THE GRAY SHEET METAL BUILDING THAT SOME OF IT'S PEELED BACK, BUT IT'S NOT THE OTHER ACCESSORY BUILDING THAT'S BEHIND THE FENCE. THERE'S ALSO DERELICT VEHICLES, DERELICT WATERCRAFT, AND OVERGROWTH, AT LEAST AROUND THE TRAILERS RIGHT NOW THAT THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY REMOVING ANY AND ALL OVERGROWTH, ONE DERELICT VEHICLE CAN REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY ONLY IF ONE REPAIRED OR STRUCTURALLY SOUND PRIMARY STRUCTURE REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY. IF NO PRIMARY STRUCTURE REMAINS ON THE PROPERTY, ALL VEHICLES, BOTH DERELICT AND OPERATIONAL, MUST BE STORED IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE OR REMOVED. ADDRESS THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AS DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE ALL OF THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, REPAIR THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A COMPLETE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. THE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL, AND THAT SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIME FRAMES, OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETC. MUST PASS THROUGH THE PLANS REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER, SERVICES STAFF OR A DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED AND PERMITS FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND THAT DEFAULT SHALL BE CONSIDERED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PUNDIT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER. TO REDUCE THE FINE TO $500. A FINE OF $500 SHALL BE IMPOSED. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED HERE IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A DEMOLITION OR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAMES SET FORTH, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR IT BECOMES VOID FOR ANY OTHER REASON. IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND THAT DEFAULT WILL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. ALL COSTS RELATED. TO ABATEMENT PROCESS OR THE FINE SHALL BECOME LIENS UPON THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPONDENT IN BAY COUNTY. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM D. PROPERTY [01:35:08] ADDRESS IS 7629 SANTA ROSA AVENUE. AGAIN, THIS ONE IS ALSO LOCATED IN UNINCORPORATED AREA BAY COUNTY ON THE SOUTHPORT. CIRCLED HERE IN THE RED FROM AERIAL DATED 2023. CLOSER UP. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. AND AGAIN THESE LINES ARE NOT ACCURATE. BUT JUST WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING. I THINK EVERYTHING ON THIS PROPERTY. YES. ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2024 WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OF JUNK AND TRASH ON THIS PROPERTY. AND ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR TIM JUSTICE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND FOUND IN VIOLATION OF 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, JUNK AND TRASH. THE MOBILE HOME HAD SUFFERED FIRE DAMAGE DUE TO AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. FIRE PHOTOS ARE ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A AND ARE INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBIT A AND ALSO CONTAINED IN THE CASE FILE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE PHOTOS ARE TAKEN FROM THE ROADWAY. THERE'S TRASH, JUNK, UNSCREENED, UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, AND WE RIGHT AWAY, AS WELL AS ON THE PROPERTY. ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024, INVESTIGATOR TONY BRUNING RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND REMAINED IN VIOLATION. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS OF UNSCREENED, UNUSED PROPERTY. FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES WERE NOTED, AND HE SORT OF TESTIFIED. AND I WILL START WITH THESE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024 PHOTOS TONY BRUNING, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024, I WAS ASSIGNED THIS CASE. I INSPECTED IT AND IT WAS ALL KIND OF JUNK AND DEBRIS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY IN THIS PHOTO. SLIDE EIGHT NINE. THAT'S THE INSIDE WHERE THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE SAT THAT CAUGHT FIRE. AND I IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF JUNK RIGHT NOW. THE BLUE TARP THERE. THAT'S A MOBILE HOME UP UNDER THERE THAT SUFFERED THE FIRE DAMAGE. I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS A SWIMMING POOL UP IN THIS, BUT THERE IS SOMEWHERE WE'LL SEE IT IN A MINUTE. THAT'S THE INSIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. YOU CAN'T LIVE IN THAT ROOM, BUT THE SIDING IS MELTED OFF THE SIDE. JUNK AND TRASH EVERYWHERE. ON SCREEN. PERSONAL PROPERTY. THERE'S A SLIDE TO THE SWIMMING POOL. UNDER ALL THAT JUNK. THIS IS THE BACK OF THE MOBILE HOME. YOU GOT A REFRIGERATOR SITTING OUT BACK. JUNK DEBRIS ON SCREEN. PERSONAL PROPERTY. ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH, 2024 NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER. RECORD NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON NOVEMBER 14TH, 2024. ON DECEMBER THE 9TH, 2024, I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S EVEN MORE STUFF ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE TRYING TO SCRAP ALL THE METAL. I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, BUT THERE'S JUNK AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. THE WINDOWS ARE TARPED OVER. MORE JUNK. ON JANUARY THE 8TH, 2025 NOTICE VIOLATION NOTICE HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE OWNER OF RECORD. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025. ON JANUARY 13TH, 2025, A RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE MOST PART HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. ONE SECTION OF FENCE HAS FELL IN. I CAN STILL SEE THE INSIDE THE FENCE AND THIS IS A CORNER LOT. THIS IS LOOKING ON THE NEXT THE STREET AROUND THE CORNER. THAT FENCE IS DOWN. SO I COULD STILL GET SOME PHOTOS UP IN THERE, BUT ON THIS RIGHT OF WAY THERE'S ALL KIND OF JUNK THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING SOME KIND OF, I DON'T KNOW, LEAN TO OR SOMETHING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. JUST JUNK AND DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. BOARDED WINDOWS. THE APPLIANCE IS STILL OUT BACK. ON JANUARY 29TH, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT THAT SIDE OF THE RIGHT [01:40:13] OF WAY IS CLEAN. ON FEBRUARY THE 7TH, 2025, THIS CASE WAS TAKEN OFF. THE AGENDA FOR THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025. AND ON FEBRUARY THE 11TH, INSPECTOR THORPE CONDUCTED A BUILDING INSPECTION. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, INSPECTOR THORPE WAS ABLE TO CONDUCT THIS INSPECTION. I TRIED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS. HOWEVER CLOSER I GOT, THERE WAS SOME UNSIGHTLY DOGS CHAINED UP TO THE FRONT THERE. THE VINYL WAS SOMEWHAT REPAIRED. THERE ARE FOUR ACCESSORY BUILDINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PLACED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, AND ONE IS ABOUT TWO FEET FROM THE ROAD. YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A SHIPPING CONTAINER ON THE PROPERTY LINE. THERE'S THE POOL THAT INVESTIGATOR BRUNING WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT'S STAGNANT. THERE ARE THREE WINDOWS ACROSS THE FRONT THAT ARE HEAVILY DAMAGED. THE GLASS IS BLOWN OUT, THE VINYL SASH AND THE WINDOW FRAME IS MELTED. THEY DO HAVE IT JUST BOARDED UP. AND LIKE HE SAID, WHEN I GOT CLOSER, THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS FULL OF PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S OUT IN THE YARD. IT'S FULL OF JUNK AND TRASH. I DID TRY TO MAKE CONTACT AROUND THE BACK DOOR. YOU CAN WALK UP TO THAT, AND THERE'S A WINDOW ON THE BACK THAT'S BROKE OUT WHILE I WAS THERE. A LARGE PORTION OF THE FENCE, THE FRONT GATE HAD COLLAPSED BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO LARGE FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THE SIDE GATE THAT FACES FIFTH STREET THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER STRUCTURE CONDUCTING OR CONSTRUCTING THAT FENCE HAS COLLAPSED. SO THE POOL IS UNSECURED. THERE'S A PATH THAT GOES RIGHT IN THERE. APPARENTLY THE SHED THAT BURNT AFTER TALKING TO MISS MARGIE, IF YOU REMEMBER, REMEMBER A FEW WEEKS AGO WE HAD HER FOR SIXTH STREET HERE. SHE BROUGHT HER FRIEND IN THE CONTRACTOR. THIS IS ALSO HERS AROUND THE CORNER. AND SHE AT THAT TIME I HAD ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED. SHE SAID, SOMEBODY SAID THAT A LITTLE GIRL WAS PLAYING IN THERE AND THE ACCESSORY BURNED DOWN. SO I DON'T KNOW THE FULL STORY. I DIDN'T SEE THE REPORT YET. THIS IS WHEN I WAS WALKING AROUND THE BACK TO MAKE CONTACT AT THE BACK DOOR THAT WAS HAD A CLEAR PATH. THIS IS THE SIDE YARD THAT THEY'RE BRINGING STUFF FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY OUT TO THE SIDE AND THE BACK YARD. THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE A CLEAR PATH IN THERE. SO THEY DID PUT LIKE I SAID, THEY DID PUT SOME VINYL ON THERE. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE OBTAINED A PERMIT OR NOT, BUT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S IF IT WAS REPAIRED UNDERNEATH THERE BECAUSE IT'S ALL IT IS, IS A FOAM BOARD THAT'S UNDERNEATH IT, AND I'M SURE THAT MELTED. IF THE VINYL DID, THERE'S A SHIPPING CONTAINER. THIS IS SLAP ON THE PROPERTY LINE. I KNOW SHE TALKED TO INVESTIGATOR JUSTICE AND SHE'S TALKED TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE IT. I DO KNOW BEHIND THAT CAMPER YOU SEE THERE IS HER SEPTIC, SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT IT. AND IF THEY'LL WAIVER IT AND PUT IT IN THE FRONT YARD OR NOT, THAT'S BETWEEN HER AND PLANNING. BUT THERE'S NO PERMITS FOR ANY OF THOSE. AS OF RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE LIKE I SAID, FRONT GATE WAS COLLAPSED IN AND THIS IS THE SHOT FROM THE FRONT. YOU CAN SEE THE THREE WINDOWS BROKE ACROSS THE FRONT THERE. THERE'S THE OTHER SHED, THAT WINDOW THAT'S BOARDED UP IN THAT TO THE RIGHT. YEAH, ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. THAT'S PREVENTING EGRESS. YEAH. AND THAT IS A BEDROOM. THAT WAS 1 IN 1 OF HIS PHOTOS. YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT WAS PACKED FULL OF JUNK. BUT IF THEY WERE LIVING IN THERE, YES, IT PERMITS, IT STOPS EGRESS. AND THEN JUST TO THE LEFT OF THIS WILL BE THE NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS A SHED. TO THE LEFT OF THAT WHITE SHED WOULD BE THE YOU CAN SEE THE CAMPER AND THEN IT WOULD BE THAT CONTAINER. WELL THIS SHED HERE ALSO WAS BUILT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN THEY'VE ADDED TO IT COMPLETELY DOWN TO THAT PALM BUSH THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE TWO LEAN TOS AND THEY GOT EVERYTHING STUFFED INSIDE THERE. SO THIS IS A SHED. THIS IS YES. IT'S LIKE A SHED LEAN TO AND A FENCE ALL IN ONE. AND ALL THE STUFF THAT THAT INVESTIGATOR BRUNING HAD ON THE RIGHT OF WAY IS NOW UNDERNEATH THERE. THEY'VE KIND OF PUSHED IT INSIDE. THERE'S A CLOSER VIEW OF THE BROKEN WINDOWS. YOU CAN SEE INSIDE THOSE WINDOWS THAT THE HOUSE IS FULL OF JUNK. THIS IS FIFTH STREET LOOKING IN. THE FENCE IS COLLAPSED NOW. EASY ACCESS TO GET RIGHT IN THERE TO THE POOL. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACK, IN THE FAR RIGHT OF THE PHOTO. AND THEY ARE BUILDING A ACCESSORY ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN ALL THIS STUFF IS STORED OUT HERE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO. THERE'S ANOTHER SHOT OF JUST THE OVERALL SHOT OF INSIDE. HERE'S THE BACK WINDOW. THIS IS [01:45:01] THAT SHED. THAT WAS THE FENCE. SHED AND LEAN TWO ALL IN ONE ALONG THE FRONT. SO AS WILL SIT THE ACCESSORIES ARE UNFIT, UNSAFE, UNPERMITTED. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S A PERMIT ON THE VINYL SIDING OR NOT. THERE'S NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN PULLED. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. NO FIRE DAMAGE OR NOTHING. I DON'T THINK SHE WANTS TO GO THAT FAR. OKAY, SO THERE YOU GO, LISA. SO THEY'LL THEY'LL NEED. YEAH, THEY'LL NEED A PERMIT FOR THEIR WINDOWS. OF COURSE, THAT WILL BE INSPECTABLE. AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE THAT SHED ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN THE OTHER ONES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GET PERMITTED OR MOVED. BUT AT THIS POINT, WE'LL. CONSIDERING THE MOBILE HOME. WELL, I DID YES. MOBILE HOME, DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME WILL BE BLIGHTED. THE REST WILL BE UNFIT. UNSAFE. IT ALSO IN VIOLATION OF THE FRONT YARD SETBACK WITH THAT EIGHT FOOT FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD. THAT'S ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO YOU CAN'T HAVE A CAN'T HAVE AN EIGHT YARD, AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, FOUR FOOT GOT TO BE FOUR FOOT, 20FT, 20FT OFF THE HIGHWAY OR THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM THE CENTER OF THE CENTER OF THE RIGHT CENTER OF THE ROAD. ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED FOR THE SECOND TIME. MARCH 10TH, RE INSPECTED THE PROPERTY. THERE'S NOW THERE'S THE DRAGGING MORE STUFF OUT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY BROUGHT IN A CONSTRUCTION DUMPSTER. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING'S INSIDE OF IT, NOT FROM THAT PHOTO. THERE'S A JUNK AND TRASH ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. DOES ANYBODY PICK UP TRASH IN THIS AREA ON THE RIGHT OF WAY LIKE THIS OR. NO. OKAY. I MEAN, IT'S NOT A COUNTY. THERE'S NOT A COUNTY PICK UP SERVICE OR ANYTHING. THE COUNTY CIVIL SERVICE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU JUST HOPE FOR THE SCAVENGERS. AND THAT'S THAT'S STILL INSIDE THE POOL IS UNSECURED. ALL THE DEBRIS AND JUNK AND TRASH. THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. CAN YOU, LIKE, REVERT ALL THE WAY BACK TO, LIKE, PICTURE 1 OR 2? THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE, AND I COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT WAS. IN THE AERIAL OR THE PHOTO. IT'S LOOKING ACROSS, BUT THERE'S A WIRE DROPPING DOWN AND I CAN'T I COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY OR WHAT. IT'S GOT A. NO, THAT'S NOT IT. I MEAN, THIS THIS THING. ALL RIGHT. BACK UP TO FOUR, FIVE. ALL RIGHT. THAT THAT THING THAT'S ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PICTURE. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING UPWARD. AND THEN THERE'S A WIRE THAT COMES. YEAH. THAT THING RIGHT THERE. WHAT IS THAT? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE ORIENTATION THE TELEPHONE POLE. AERIAL AND SEE IF I CAN SEE I DON'T KNOW. AND. IT IS A POLE OR SEE THE SHADOW. COULD IT BE A GUIDE WIRE MAYBE. WELL, THERE IS A POLE ON THAT, BUT I MEAN. MAYBE THIS WHOLE THING WAS IN THE FIRE BECAUSE IT DOES SIT ON HER ON THE CORNER. MAYBE THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME SORT OF STRANGE BRACKET THERE. AND I WAS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, I MEAN, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST SORT OF GROWS OUT OF THE DEBRIS FIELD OVER THERE. YEAH, I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. WELL, IT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT OBSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IT LOOKED IT LOOKED MIGHTY LOW. SO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THIS CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR A COMPLIANCE HEARING ON APRIL 16TH, 2025 AT 1:00 PM. OKAY. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE AS EXHIBITS, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7629 SANTA ROSA AVENUE IN SOUTHPORT, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO CHAPTER 17, CHAPTER 13 AND CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CODE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT. SHE'S FAILED TO APPEAR AND. THE NOTICE WAS BY POSTING. THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702 ON THE PREMISES THAT EXIST IN THE FORM OF ONE A BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME, TWO JUNK, TRASH, UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, STAGNANT WATER, AN UNSECURED SWIMMING POOL FOR UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES WHICH ARE IN VIOLATION OR AND A VIOLATION OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT [01:50:07] REGULATIONS 1305, IN THE FORM OF A FENCE EXCEEDING FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT WITHIN THE FRONT YARD. SETBACK AS REQUIRED BY CHAPTER FOUR OF THE CODE OR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ONE. REMOVING ANY AND ALL JUNK, TRASH, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, ETC. TO PROPERLY STORE OR REMOVE ALL, ALL UNSCREENED OR UNUSED PERSONAL PROPERTY. THREE STAGNANT WATER MUST BE DRAINED OR PROPERLY TREATED. A PERMANENT SAFETY BARRIER OR FENCE MUST EXIST AROUND THE SWIMMING POOL TO PREVENT ACCESS. DECREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE WITHIN THE FRONT YARD SETBACK OR REMOVE THE FENCE FROM THE FRONT YARD SETBACK. DECREASING IT TO FOUR FEET. OR REMOVE ANY DOUBT AS TO HOW TALL ADDRESS THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING TIMEFRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIR TO THE DAMAGED WINDOWS TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION. AN ACTION OR THE ACTION PLAN MUST BE APPROVED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING REPAIRS OR APPLYING FOR PERMITS, THEY'VE GOT TO APPLY FOR ALL REQUIRED PERMITS THROUGH BUILDER SERVICES. PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY BAY COUNTY BUILDER SERVICES STAFF OR DESIGNEE. REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED AND THE PERMITS FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE IF AT ANY TIME THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR BECOME VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. ADDRESS THE FOR UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE FOR UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AS DEFINED IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND REMOVE THE DEMOLITION DEBRIS FROM THE PROPERTY OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE, REPAIR THE FOR UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. SUBMIT A FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT AND A COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL REPAIR DRAWINGS FROM A FLORIDA LICENSED AND REGISTERED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN INCLUDING TIMEFRAMES OUTLINING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS FOR THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. THE ACTION PLAN HAS GOT TO BE APPROVED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT PRIOR TO MAKING REPAIRS AND APPLYING FOR PERMITS. YOU'VE GOT TO APPLY FOR ALL THE PERMITS, AND THE STRUCTURAL PLANS HAVE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL BE APPROVED BY BUILDER SERVICES. PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER SERVICES STAFF OR DESIGNEE, AND REPAIRS HAVE GOT TO BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED, AND PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE REPAIRS TO BE DEEMED COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME, ANY REQUIRED PERMIT UNDER THIS ORDER BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON, IT SHALL BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT OF PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS FOR THE BLIGHTED MOBILE HOME UNSECURED POOL WITH STAGNANT WATER BY DECREASING THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDER, THE FINE OR THE RESPONDENT SHALL BE FINED AN INITIAL FINE OF $200 AND A DAILY FINE OF $25, CONTINUING UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT TO SCHEDULE AN INSPECTION AND VERIFY THAT ALL PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED, THAT HAVE BEEN OBTAINED, AND THAT ALL REPAIRS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED IN ORDER FOR THE FINES TO CEASE. NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED. IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS A BUILDING PERMIT OR A DEMOLITION PERMIT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME SET, AND THEN ALLOWS THE PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR IT BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON THAT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND SUCH DEFAULT SHALL BE DEEMED THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. IN SUCH CASES, THE COUNTY SHALL COMMENCE WITH THE $200 INITIAL FINE AND THE $25 DAILY FINE AS SET FORTH ABOVE. SUCH FINES WILL BECOME A [01:55:03] LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS FOR THE FOURTH UNFIT OR UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, DON'T TRASH UNSCREENED PERSONAL PROPERTY, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, ETC. WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE, A FINE OF $1,000 SHALL BE IMPOSED. THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IF THE RESPONDENT OBTAINS EITHER A DEMOLITION OR BUILDING PERMIT, AND IT BECOMES VOID FOR ANY REASON THAT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND THAT DEFAULTS BE DEEMED A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER. ALL FINES AND COSTS RELATED TO THIS MATTER SHALL GOBLINS OR ONCE IMPOSED, SHALL BECOME LIENS UPON THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF THE RESPONDENT. ITEM G 9219 SOUTH SILVER LAKE ROAD. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY, COMMONLY KNOWN AS FOUNTAIN, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT? IT IS WEST OF 231, NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20, ABOUT A QUARTER MILE FROM THE COUNTY LINE. WAY UP THERE? YES. THIS THIS SLIDE NUMBER THREE IS JUST DEPICTING THAT THIS IS IN A IN A FLOOD ZONE. AND I WAS. MAY 1ST, 2024 INVESTIGATOR RAYMOND SCOTT INITIATED THIS CASE AND HE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. RAYMOND SCOTT, BAY COUNTY CODE ENFORCEMENT I'VE SUBMITTED MY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS, MY NOTICES AND PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE RECORD, ON MAY THE 1ST WHILE PATROLLING THE AREA OF FOUNTAIN KNOWN AS SOUTH SILVER LAKE ROAD, I OBSERVED THIS PROPERTY AND FOUND IT TO BE IN VIOLATION OF UNFIT, UNSAFE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. MAY THE 1ST THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT CERTIFIED MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OF RECORD. MR. DEWEY FREEMAN, AT THE ADDRESS OF 1015 LA PALOMA TERRACE IN PANAMA CITY. THE NOTICE WAS DELIVERED TO THE RESPONDENT ON MAY THE 4TH. THE REGULAR MAIL HAD NOT RETURNED ON MAY THE 20TH. AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PHOTOS, IT'S THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE ALL THE SAME. THERE'S BEEN NO PROGRESS WHATSOEVER. MAY THE 20TH, MR. FREEMAN CAME INTO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND WAS ASKING ABOUT THE CASE, BECAUSE HE HAD JUST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE CASE BEING OPENED. HE SAID HE WAS HAVING SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS. I SPOKE WITH MR. FREEMAN ON MARCH, I'M SORRY, MAY THE 22ND, AND HE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION, WHICH WAS GRANTED BETWEEN MAY THE 24TH AND THIS HEARING DATE. I INSPECTED THE PROPERTY AND IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. ON FEBRUARY 11TH, THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO MR. FREEMAN USING THE SAME ADDRESS ON LA PALOMA. THE RESPONSE FROM THE USPS SHOWED THAT THE CERTIFIED MAIL WAS DELIVERED ON FEBRUARY THE 14TH, WITH THE SIGNATURE OF THE RECIPIENT. ON FEBRUARY 26TH, A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER, AND ON THE 27TH OF FEBRUARY, THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED. THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH MR. FREEMAN SINCE MAY THE 22ND, AND THIS THIS HEARING DATE. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IT WAS POSTED AS OF THIS HEARING DATE. NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE COMPLIANCE HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR EXCUSE ME, APRIL THE 16TH AT 1 P.M. OKAY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN WHICH HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 9219 SOUTH SILVER LAKE ROAD FOUNTAIN, IS WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF BAY COUNTY AND SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE, NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT BY POSTING AND BY MAIL. AND HERE AT THIS HEARING, THERE ARE THERE IS A VIOLATION OF 1702, IN THE FORM OF PRESSURE. THE RESPONDENT SHALL HAVE A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE BY ADDRESSING THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A DEMOLITION PERMIT TO DEMOLISH THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN ANY AND ALL PROHIBITED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, AS MAY BE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND REMOVE THE DEMOLITION OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE ALTERNATIVE. REPAIR THE UNFIT OR UNSAFE STRUCTURE IN THE [02:00:06] FOLLOWING MANNER, SO THAT THE COMPLETED BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATION TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT APPLICATION SHALL FOR THE FULL STRUCTURAL REPORT, COMPLETE SET OF STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS FROM A LICENSED AND REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL. PROFESSIONAL AND SUBMIT A DETAILED ACTION PLAN, INCLUDING OUR BRAINS, OUTLINING NECESSARY REPAIRS, STRUCTURES. AGAIN THAT IS. ALL PERMITS, ENGINEERING PLANS, ETC. MUST PASS THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THE PERMITS WILL ISSUE. ALL PERMIT INSPECTIONS MUST BE COMPLETED BY BUILDER SERVICES STAFF OR DESIGNEE, AND THE REPAIRS MUST BE MADE IN ACCORD WITH THE ACTION PLAN AND THE STRUCTURAL REPORT. ALL BUILDING PERMIT INSPECTIONS HAVE GOT TO BE COMPLETED, AND ALL PERMITS MUST BE FINALIZED IN ORDER FOR THE BECAME COMPLETE. IF AT ANY TIME THE REQUIRED PERMITS UNDER THIS ORDER EXPIRE OR OTHERWISE BECOME VOID, THE FALCON SHALL BE CONSIDERED A VALID AND FOLLOWED. THIS WHOLE IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RESPONDENT TO CONTACT AND INFORM CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATIVE TO PROGRESS OR DELAYS IN BRINGING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. IF THE RESPONDENT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE ACTIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS. FROM THE DATE OF THIS ORDER ON SPOTIFY FILE. A FINE OF $500 SHALL BE IMPOSED AND THE FINE WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THE RESPONDENT'S PROPERTY, BOTH REAL AND PERSONAL. LOCATED IN BAY COUNTY, NONCOMPLIANCE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE OCCURRED IN THE FOLLOWING. OBTAINS A DEMOLITION PERMIT OR A BUILDING PERMIT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME SET FORTH ABOVE, AND THEN ALLOWS IT TO THAT PERMIT TO EXPIRE, OR IT BECOMES VOID FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAT SHALL BE DEEMED A DEFAULT, AND THAT DEFAULT SHALL CONSTITUTE A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID IT, BUT ALL FINES IMPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WILL BECOME ILLEGAL. THE RESPONDENT DEPARTMENT. HEY, I AM I. 8439 CLUSTER ROAD. THIS IS A SECOND HEARING TO IMPOSE A LIEN FOR THE COST OF ABATEMENT AND FINES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON MAY 16TH, 2024 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO AND THE FORM OF AN UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE AND OVERGROWTH. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR VIA TELEPHONE AT THAT HEARING. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE. THE PHOTOS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE 1ST MAY 16TH HEARING, THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 30 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER OR A FINE OF $1,000 WOULD BE IMPOSED AND SHOULD THE VIOLATION REMAIN, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NOOSE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ON JUNE 17TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION, AS YOU CAN SEE. SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, AUGUST 8TH. AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT A COST OF $800. AND SO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SLIDE NINE IS GOING TO BE INSIDE THE. STRUCTURE. ON AUGUST 27TH. AND NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT STATING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024. THAT NOTICE OF INTENT WAS ALSO POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON AUGUST 28TH, DURING A PRE BID INSPECTION. AND SLIDE 14 AND 15, PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION ON THAT DATE. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $8,958 AND ON JANUARY 10TH, 2025 WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, AS YOU SEE IN PHOTO NUMBER 17 ON JANUARY 31ST, THE NOTICE OF SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED IN REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY LISTED IN THE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE. BOTH NOTICES WERE RETURNED UNCLAIMED WITH NO FORWARDING ADDRESS. THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTER. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. THANK YOU. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY HEARD AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS I'VE SEEN INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE, I'M GOING TO FIND [02:05:02] THAT THE RESPONDENT SHOULD BE ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE, AND THAT'S THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT. AND $9,758, AS OPPOSED TO SURVEY THAT SHALL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE UPON RECORDING OF THIS ORDER. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A FINE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 THAT IS IMPOSED, AND THAT ALSO SHALL DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. UPON THE RECORDING OF THIS SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, THAT COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND. VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. IN BAY COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THIS BY VIRTUE OF. AN ACT AND CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE OF. I SAID IT, BUT NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT OF THIS HEARING ABOUT OR BY POSTING. ALL RIGHT. ITEM J PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 6318 ROGERS ROAD. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2023 AND WAS FOUND IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO AND THE FORM OF UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE, TRASH, VEHICLES AND DEBRIS. THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING VIA TELEPHONE, STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE OF REMINDER OF WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKED LIKE. THIS WAS A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THAT DECEMBER 7TH HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER, OR A FINE OF $500 WOULD BE IMPOSED AND SHOULD THE VIOLATION REMAIN, THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY IN WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2024, THIS BUSINESS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT THE COST OF $800. ON APRIL 24TH, 2024, A PRE BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. ON MAY 3RD, 2024, THE MAGISTRATE ISSUED AN ORDER TO STAY THE ABATEMENT. THE RESPONDENT HAD FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2024. THE MAGISTRATE LIFTED THE ORDER TO STAY THE ABATEMENT AS THE BANKRUPTCY CLAIM HAD BEEN DISMISSED AND THE RESPONDENT DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $8,750, AND THIS IS ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2024, TO SHOW THAT IT WAS STILL. UNQUOTE, COMPLIANT AT THAT TIME. THE PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY AT A COST OF $8,750, AND UPON INSPECTION ON JANUARY 6TH, 2025, FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AND STILL PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY REMAINING IN VIOLATION. AND PHOTOS ARE NOW. FROM ON JANUARY 6TH, FOUND TO BE. AND AS YOU SEE IN SLIDE NUMBER 33, WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE ON JANUARY 31ST, 2025, A NOTICE SECOND HEARING WAS SENT CERTIFIED REGULAR MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER USING THE ADDRESS OF 6318 RODGERS DRIVE, LISTED IN THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S DATABASE AND THE ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS PROVIDED AT THE LAST HEARING BY THE RESPONDENT OF 4408 EVANS STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. THE CERTIFIED NOTICE THAT WAS SENT TO THE ADDRESS, 44 ZERO. EVANS STREET, COLUMBUS, WAS RETURNED UNCLAIMED, UNABLE TO FORWARD. A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF HEARING WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE BAY COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY. BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD, I'M GOING TO FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT. WAS ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF EVADING THE NUISANCE AND THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,550 PLUS STATUTORY INTEREST, WHICH ACCRUED OVER 40. OF THIS LIFE, AND A FINE OF $500, WHICH WILL ALSO DRAW INTEREST AT THE STATUTORY RATE. AND RECORDING. I FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT WAS NOTIFIED. STATED THAT THIS PART OF THE PREMISES AND THAT THE [02:10:03] GOVERNMENT SIGNED OFF ON THE RECORDING OF THIS SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY. THE COST LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SO CONSTITUTED A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED, AND AGAINST ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. THE COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO. BAY COUNTY COMMISSION IS ENTITLED TO COLLECT THESE COSTS BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT ACT IN CHAPTER 21 OF THE CODE. LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS ITEM K. PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 3025 EAST 13TH COURT. THIS IS A SECOND HEARING TO OPPOSE THE LIEN. THIS CASE WENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE ON JUNE 19TH, 2024 AND WAS FILED IN VIOLATION OF BAY COUNTY CODE 17 DASH TWO, IN THE FORM OF A UNFIT, UNSAFE STRUCTURE. THE RESPONDENT'S DAUGHTER, DEBORAH DAVIS, DID APPEAR AT THAT HEARING. STARTING WITH SLIDE NUMBER THREE OR PHOTOS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO YOU AT THE TIME OF THAT HEARING. THE MAGISTRATE ORDERED THAT THE RESPONDENT HAVE 60 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDER. THE VIOLATION REMAIN. THE MAGISTRATE DIRECTED STAFF TO ABATE THE NUISANCE AND ALL INCIDENTAL COSTS OF ENFORCEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A LIEN AGAINST THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE VIOLATION EXISTED, AND UPON ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT. ON AUGUST 19TH, 2024, AN INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED AND THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. AS YOU CAN SEE IN SLIDE NUMBER 11, ON SEPTEMBER 10TH, AN ASBESTOS SURVEY WAS COMPLETED AT COST OF $800 AND SLIDE NUMBER 13. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PROPERTY REMAINED IN VIOLATION. SLIDE 14 IS GOING TO BE THE INSIDE OF THE MOBILE HOME DURING THE ASBESTOS SURVEY. THANK YOU. ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS SENT CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL SAYING THAT WORK WOULD BEGIN ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 7TH, 2024. ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2024, A PRE BID INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED. THE PROPERTY WAS CLAIMED BY A COMPANY CONTRACTED BY THE COUNTY. THE COST OF $5,335 AND 72 $0.72, AND UPON INSPECTION ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2024, WAS FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. ON JANUARY 31ST, A NOTICE OF HEARING WAS SENT, CERTIFIED AND REGULAR MAIL COPY WAS. THE NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY AND AT THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING, AND THAT CONCLUDES THE TESTIMONY. OKAY, BASED ON THE TESTIMONY I'VE HEARD AND THE EXHIBIT, I'VE SEEN PHOTOGRAPHS INTRODUCED INTO EVIDENCE. I MEAN, I FIND THAT THE RESPONDENT SHOULD BE AND IS HEREBY ORDERED TO PAY THE COST OF ABATING THE NUISANCE AND THE. EPSTEIN-BARR, ABOUT $6,135.72, WHICH IS THE. NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT BY POSTING UPON THE BOARD AND THE SECOND ORDER IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BAY COUNTY, CHARGES LEVIED AGAINST THE RESPONDENT SHALL CONSTITUTE A LIEN ON THE LAND ON WHICH THE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED AND ANY OTHER REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE RESPONDENT FOR THE. COST, BY VIRTUE OF THE UNIFORM * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.