Code Enforcement Board - Regular Meeting

Roll call, Mr. Williams.

Present.

Mr. Arenas. Ulysses.

Present.

Mr. Galan. Present. Mr. Rodriguez. Present. Mr. Moshi.

Present.

We have quorum. Thank you.

Good evening. Everybody who's here tonight is either here for an extension of time, which means you're asking for more time to comply, or you're here for mitigation, which means you're asking this board to reduce the fines that have been imposed against your property. When your case is called, please come to the podium and state your name and the address you're here on behalf of. If you're here for an extension of time, go ahead and explain to the board what you've done so far and how much time you need. The cities will make a recommendation as well, and the board will determine how much time you need to finish complying and whether you're going to get that time based on what you've done or haven't done so far. If you're here for mitigation, there was a chart that was provided earlier, and if you haven't gotten it, please come up and get it while you wait. That is what the board is authorized to mitigate to. They cannot mitigate any further than that. That is what the city commission has authorized them to do. When you come up, state your name, address, tell the board why you believe the fine should be reduced or mitigated to the lowest possible amount. The board will make a determination. They'll make a vote. I will walk over to the city attorney. I will pick up a order. The chair will sign it. You come and wait for me over here and I'll hand you the order with the amount that you have to pay and the instructions to pay. There's going to be a paper that you're going to get. Okay, so just wait for me here so you can take that piece of paper. And all orders of the board are appealable to the 11th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida within 30 days after it today's hearing. And if you have not signed in or have not spoken to me about your power of attorney because you haven't signed in or spoken with a clerk, give her a chance and stand over here and I will talk to you on an individual basis. All right.

We're going to do what? ELTs? Great. Is it an ELT? Okay.

Page 10, code check. Property address 577 Northwest 50th Street. Case number 00137329. Property address 577 Northwest 50th Street.

What's the page number?

Ten. Ten, and cold check. Good evening, sir. Hello. Can you state your name and address for the record? Michael Kelly, 577 Northwest 50th Street. All right, and how much time are you looking for, and what have you done?

So far, we have worked with an engineering firm for about 10 months now on getting these permits. We have two different process numbers, one for the fence, one for the driveway.

City recommends 120.

Yeah, 120. Thank you.

He just started saying a lot, so. Yeah, I am. He's going to go, they're doing a lot, 120.

No worries. Can I have a motion? Motion for 120-day extension. Second. All those in favor? Aye.

Thank you, sir. I'm going to take the paper there for an extension, okay? Thank you. Next.

Page 15, property address 7170 Southwest 4th Street, case number 00094188, page 15.

Good evening, Madam Interpreter, just very straight to the point, name and address for the record, what she's done, how much time?

Okay, they are in, if you can interpret this, they're in applicant corrections.

Okay.

So, as the director just told me, the city's recommending 120 days.

All those in favor? Okay. I have a motion for that. Motion for 120 days. I got a second. Extension of time.

Second.

All those in favor? Aye.

Thank you.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

Thank you. Next case.

Page four, code check, property address 3361 Northwest 15th Street, case number 00044317. Page four.

Good evening.

Good evening. State your name and address for the record.

Jadri D'Armas, 3361 Northwest 15th Street.

Thank you. And what have you done and how much time do you need?

They're actually just waiting for their final inspections.

Perfect.

So 90 days?

That should work. You want 120? It should be our last extension. 120 just to be on the safe side.

I'll motion for extension time, 120.

Second. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you very much, ma'am.

How much was it?

120. Thank you so much.

Thank you. Have a good evening.

You too.

Page 29, property address 501 Northeast 76th Street, case number 00110000, page 29. Ma'am, this side. This side.

No worries. Good evening.

Good evening. My name is Neal Salvers, Trinidad, and I'm asking for $120.

They're an applicant correction, so the city would recommend 120 days. Thank you. I have a motion, please.

Motion for 120.

Second.

Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you.

You're more than welcome.

And don't forget, you can request an extension of time just so you don't need anything. Yeah, you can take it the exact same way you did it before. If you lost your paper, then take it again. If you still have it. Awesome.

Page 49, property address 45 Southeast 2nd Street, case number 00130345, page 49.

Good evening.

Good evening. Daniel Stone for 45 Southeast 2nd Street.

Thank you. What have you done? How much time do you need?

90 days. Okay.

You're an applicant corrections.

We needed to do a unity of title, which the bank approved.

Yes, so we're going to recommend 120 days.

It's been a safe side. Move to 120 days. I get a second? Second. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Thank you, sir. 120 days. 120, yeah.

So if you want 90, but we recommend 120, take the 120.

Yes.

Page 45, property address 6731 Southwest 7th Street, case number 00121024. Property address?

6731.

6731 Southwest 7th Street. No worries. Good evening, ma'am.

Good evening. You said your name and address. My name is Syra Guerrero. I'm an attorney, by the way. 6731 Southwest 7th Street, Miami 33144.

We have an expired permit. What's going on?

Well, we did. Not realized it was expiring. We're in the process. We have requested reopen that master permit. We just received the sub-approval finally after two years of the driveway process this past week. From Public Works? Yes. We're asking for 120. No objection. We have closed out one of the sub-permits, so I think it's more than enough time.

I move for 120. Thank you. Second? Second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you. Take the paper up there if you need the extension.

Page 42, 2726 Southwest 19th Street. Case number 00085445. Page 42. Yeah.

This is a JN.

Property address 2726 Southwest 19th Street.

Okay. JN Joy. Right here. There you go.

Same name, address, how much time do you need?

What is your name? My name is Yolanda Lima.

Beautiful.

Thank you.

Okay. And what has she done?

They need to call inspections. They're in the inspection phase. City recommends 120. 120.

Okay. Move for 120. Second.

All those in favor?

Aye.

Okay.

Okay. Thank you. 120. Thank you.

Page 31, property address 1821 Northwest 16th Street, case number 0087811.

Good evening.

Good evening. Elena Delgado, 1821 Northwest 16th Street.

And how much time do you need or what have you done so far?

120. Yeah, the case is in applicant corrections.

Thank you. Vote to 120. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you. Thank you. 120, ma'am. Yep.

Page 27, property address 1320 Northwest 68 Terrace, case number 00140696. Thank you.

Good evening.

Hi, my name is Lakevia Harris. Property is 1320 Northwest 68 Terrace. Okay.

Properties in applicant corrections. Yes. So you would recommend 120. Okay.

And a motion? Move for 120. Are you good with 120?

You good with 120? Okay.

Move for 120. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you. Page 12, property address 576 Northeast 63rd Street, case number 00135778. Hello, good evening.

Good evening. For 576 Northeast 63rd Street.

Okay. Their plans were just approved, so... City recommends 120.

Move for 120. Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Thank you, sir. You have 120 days. Take the paper if you need it again for an extension, okay? Thank you. Have a good evening.

Page 39, property address 3080 Southwest 17th Street, case number 00079232, property address 3080 Southwest 17th Street.

Good evening.

Good evening. My name is Dianely Perez, and my address is 3080 Southwest 17th Street, Miami, Florida, 33145.

And how much time do you need?

I need 120.

Okay. We don't have anything in the system.

Last time I was here, I had to fire the person that was doing everything for me.

Oh, okay. I remember the address.

Yeah.

I didn't remember your face, but I remember the address itself.

So I'm just working right now. I just paid. For a new person to do everything again.

Okay.

But I know that they did like the, I don't know how to say that, like the survey. The plans. Yeah, and we're like in the final. He was telling me that he was in the final.

Okay, they haven't uploaded any plans yet, just so you know.

Yeah, because it's a new person.

A new person and they just did the survey?

Correct.

Hopefully, you got a survey recently?

I would say maybe like two weeks ago.

Okay, that's fine. Make sure the survey is only good for so much time. I have a motion that was probably made for 120. I have a second. All those in favor? Do you have any objection?

No, no city objection.

Aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you.

All right, thank you so much.

You're welcome.

Page 7, property address 812 Northwest 55th Terrace, case number 00100025.

Good evening. Good evening.

My name is Jamal Scott, 812 Northwest 55th Terrace.

Thank you.

I don't want to crush his thunder, but it's ready for inspection, so the city recommends 120 days. I'll take your recommendation.

Perfect.

Move for 120. Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Thank you. Good luck, sir.

Page 34, property address 925 Northwest 58th Street. Case number 00135068.

Good evening, sir. Good evening, how you doing? I'm Rene Martinez, 925 Northwest 58th Street. How much time do you need and what have you done? If I could get 120 days, we'll be great. Okay.

They're in applicant corrections. Okay, perfect.

Move for 120. Second. All those in favor? Aye. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it, thank you. You're welcome. Yes, grab the paper just in case. Just in case.

Yep. Page 67, property address 1636 Southwest 9th Street, case number 00126794. Good evening.

Good evening. I'm Joseph Parra, Coral Grove Development. Okay. The property address is 1636 Southwest 9th Street.

Wait, I just want to make sure we're on the right page. What's the page? Yeah. 67. 67. And what was that, Judge?

1636. There it is. 9th Street.

Thank you. How much time do you need? What have you done? 120 days. Okay.

I got the plans approved. I just got to pay the fees and then start pulling the permits. Okay.

They haven't resubmitted.

They haven't? I have the package here. It says approved.

There's no objection to the 120, but make sure that they...

Okay, because, yeah, on the plan.

They're not in iBuild. That's what she was saying. She couldn't see some stuff.

Okay, I got it from Project Dogs where the department just said approve, approve. I just got to pay the fee, which is like.

Okay.

I move for 120.

Second. All those in favor? Aye. 120, sir. Thank you.

You're welcome. Page 62, property address 321 Southwest 21st Road. Case number 00084944. Page 62.

Good evening, sir. Good evening. Armando Sandra, 321 Southwest 21 Road. Gotcha. How can we help? We resubmitted plans. We're waiting for new comments.

They're an applicant correction, so 120 days.

120 days.

Move for 120.

Second.

All those in favor?

Aye. Thank you, sir. Thank you. You're welcome. Great evening. You too. That was last EOT? Perfect. Oh, you want to do mitigations? All right, mitigations. Let's go.

All right. Page 115, property address 4353 Southwest 2nd Street, case number 00089136.

This is a single-family home. It is not homestead exempt. When I checked, The lien ran to $98,250. So the minimum is $10,000, or with a unanimous vote, you can go down to zero.

What's the page number again?

115. And you said there's no homestead? Because our book shows here it does have it.

Do you live in a property, sir? No, sir. Good evening to all.

Good evening, by the way. My name is Adrian Henriquez. Okay. So you don't live in a property, so it's a rental.

No, no, we've just been trying to get the property up to date. Where I messed up is last year I was here and asked for an extension because my plans were getting approved. Once my plans got approved, I didn't think I had to come back because there's a permanent number that expires. So I never came back to the... So the other extension, I wasn't sure I had to come back. So that's kind of where I messed up. But if you see every month, we've been complying. It's been a long process.

He did get his permit. He did everything else timely.

My driveway permit took five months. I paid engineers that took money from me. People will come help me because I'm still trying to understand the process. It's very difficult.

Are you guys going to move into the property?

It's been such a nightmare.

This is the shape that it was in, so you can see. They got it.

I think we should, you know. We complied with everything, driveway, grass. And what are you guys going to do with the property now?

What's your intention with the property?

We're still not sure. There's a lot of money, and especially depending on how much I have to pay on this lien, we'll make a decision upon that. If you guys can help me, I'll greatly appreciate it.

I see you got your family here with you. I'm sorry? No, no, I'm just seeing who you got your folks with you in the audience and stuff, so yeah. Thank you.

You know, maybe God is with me today. We could get a hearing and someone could help me. It's very hard times right now. And today's, you know.

Again, the minimum is $10,000 or by unanimous vote, you can go as low as zero or anywhere in between.

Yeah. I'm not asking for zero. If it is, I greatly appreciate it. But if you guys could please help me out. Yep.

Yeah, but we're human. We understand. Thank you so much. Going through things and stuff like that, especially if you hire somebody to do something, they run off with your money.

It's happened to me multiple times, and I have proof of receipts. I even thought about getting an attorney, but that even costs money as well.

I would move to reduce the fine to $5,000. I'll second that.

Okay, so there's been a motion that's been probably made and seconded for $5,000. All those in favor? No.

No. No.

All right. Can we get a new motion, please?

If we can really, really, really, really help them out, make a motion to make it zero.

I'll second, if I can.

Yes, you can. I'll second.

No discussion? All those in favor?

No.

Aye. Aye. Motion fails. Motion fails for lack of majority. So, I mean, unanimous. So, let's call for another motion. So, where are we at? We said no to 5,000. We said no to zero. So, we're somewhere in the middle.

I'll move for 2,000. 2,000.

I'll second that. I'll second that, too. All those in favor? Aye. 2,000 sounds good.

Thank you so much, guys. No problem. I really appreciate it.

God bless you all. All right.

Thank you.

Have a good one, okay? Yeah, wait for your... That side. Yeah, wait for them to sign off on it for you.

Thank you. Yeah. Page 122, property address 1215 Southwest 37th Avenue, case number 007. 23-158. All right.

This property is a commercial property. The lien ran to $915,000. All right. The minimum is $15,000.

Gotcha. Good evening, sir.

Good evening. My name is Alfred Gonzalez. I'm an attorney with Gunster with Officers 901 Ponsonable. Okay. I'm here representing the... the owner of the property, CYA Acquisitions. So to put it in perspective, that company owns the building, but they leased the building to the shareholders who run eight clinics from that building. Understood. So here's what we would say. Number one, the tree was not harmed. We have a picture of the tree that I can show you. I can put it in the record. We also have an arborist report, no damage to the tree. We didn't act intentionally to violate the law. We hired a company that was licensed to do the trimming. They clearly violated the rules per the hearing. But McClendon didn't go to that hearing. I don't think that he understood the issue, that that was an issue. But again, they didn't act individually. They hired a company to do it. In addition, my client didn't ignore the obligation to get an after-the-fact permit. They hired a company by the name of ARC back in 2022. They filed the application. He thought they were handling this application as it was. It got dismissed six months later. They didn't follow through until we got a letter from the city attorney saying, hey, you owe all this money. We contacted them, and they filed the application both for mitigation and for the property. This property, the fine, is clearly 50% or more of the value of the property. These guys... We're just trimming trees. Somebody mentioned this about your code 1711 says you don't need a permit to trim trees.

That's not correct.

Hold on. Hold on. I didn't finish. You don't need it unless you don't comply with the guidelines of A300, very general guidelines. But that's neither here or there because my client said, Made a mistake. He didn't show up to that hearing. And so he's liable. He's liable for the fine. We're not contesting that because we can't. But we can say that the tree is in fine shape. We didn't intentionally do the harm. $900,000 is just an unreasonable fee. We would ask you to give us the lowest fee that you can, which is $15,000. Understood. Now.

Yeah, it's 915,000, and today's your lucky day. That's a lot of training. A lot of money, but it's a minimal amount. What's the use of the property?

Here's a picture of the tree.

Yeah, we understand. Okay. Yeah, I mean, there's a threshold that we have, so we understand.

Fortunately, that, and we contributed to this, and we understand that, too. Understood.

It was four trees. It wasn't one, it was four.

Yeah, there's some other notes on the back end. They're all standing. Yeah, but it's okay. Here we are. The minimum is $15,000. Gotcha. Can I get a motion for $15,000? I make a motion for $15,000. I get a second. That's the lowest we can go anyway is $15,000.

Sir, what's the use of the property now? Sorry.

The used property is an office building, and they run their administrative offices for clinics that they own throughout the...

So it's owner-occupied? No, it's an office building.

Yes, it's owner-occupied.

But it's owner-occupied?

Yes.

So they were there when they were cutting down the trees and everything?

I don't know if they were there because they're running clinics, but they hired somebody to do it. They just simply didn't do the job the way they should have done it.

Right. Yeah. Any other questions? Can I get a motion, please?

Yeah, try again.

Well, I'm asking for a motion of 15,000, so can I get a motion?

Any more discussion? Yeah, I'm just looking at this because it's a lot of trimming.

It's a lot of, and your client's still responsible ultimately.

I mean, he can hire who you want, but ultimately he's still responsible for what happens on his property.

And it was four trees, not the one that you showed. It's not just trimming.

I mean, you saw the pictures.

But every tree is in good shape. The arborist also responded to that in his report. And in the end, we were just trimming trees.

I would move to $20,000. I'll second that.

That's not a bad discount. Yeah. So we've got a motion for $20,000. I second. I'll second.

All those in favor? Aye.

All right. Thank you. Good evening. No problem. That's an $895,000 discount. Okay. Thank you. Next case.

This is an add-on from CityView, so it's not going to be in your package.

Is it mitigation?

Yes, it is. Okay. Property address 4101 Northwest 11th Place. Case number CE2018-022910. Right here. Property address 410 Northwest 11th Place. Mm-hmm.

We don't have it.

Good evening. Good evening. My name is Frank Acosta. My address is 705 Southeast 13th Circle, Homestead, Florida.

Okay. Give us a second to get some background on this since we don't have it in front of us. Madam Attorney. 4101. Yes. 4101 Northwest 11th Place.

Hold on.

So the property. One second. Yes.

He can go ahead. I just need to...

Okay, so you're still looking for it? Okay.

The property is now vacant. When the fire started, right after the property burnt down. Okay, so cleared it out. I don't know how the chart worked for us, but it was a single-family, non-homestead. Gotcha.

Single-family, non-homestead.

Now it's a vacant lot.

Now it's a vacant lot. Yeah, immediate use should be single family outside of that. But it's non-homestead, so you guys are not living in there or anything like that. Now it's a vacant lot. Now it's a vacant lot. Before it was non-homestead.

The issue with this property is, if you look up at the board, and we have a collections matter since 2024 on this property. They owe us $22,507 because it was the city who demolished the property and brought it into compliance. And we're owed a total based upon that and the tickets, plus all of our interest and fees that we've accrued, not including the amount that's owed on this case, is $25,742. Okay.

Yes, I have the updated payment for the demolition. For the $25,000? Yeah, which we know we have to pay that. You paid it already? We're going to pay that.

We're going to. See, they haven't paid it.

Yeah, but more important is to mitigate this before we move forward paying anything else. Oh, well. I believe. Well.

What's the other fine, Madam Attorney?

So there are, so you see there's. What's what? What's the total? The total on this one is $363,300. Okay, so. It is vacant land. The city did the demolition in 2023, which brought the property into compliance.

Correct.

The demolition cost $22,507.79. Yep. There are two tickets of $200 each. There's $2,834 owed in interest fees, postage, and title lien search fees. And the city hasn't received any payment towards that or agreement to pay it. We don't have anything in writing. And generally we request that it be paid in full before they get mitigation.

Yeah, I was going to ask you if that can be contingent on any mitigation be contingent.

So you can order this mitigation amount, but only that this amount is, you know, paid within the amount of.

Twenty seven. Twenty five.

It's twenty five thousand seven hundred forty two dollars and fifty four cents. And I don't know, you know, pay within 30 days.

You need to pay that first.

If you want them to pay it first and then have them come back, we can do that too and put them on the September calendar.

Because this is non-negotiable. This is something the city did. You have to pay the city. It's a help, I guess.

Have you guys had any help with insurance or anything after the fire?

If I could explain. Yeah, go ahead. Mr. Austin obviously has not complied with anything. I'm new here to help him. And we have a business plan. So I'm going to pay this.

I'm going to pay this. That's $25,000.

But I can't pay this unless we mitigate this so everything gets paid at once. Why? It's going to be. Why? Are you selling it? The property is going to be transferred, yes.

You're selling it. So you want to.

You need to mitigate the fines.

You want to pay the fines out of the proceeds of the sale.

Yes, sir.

Do you have a copy of your contract for sale?

Yeah, I was going to say. I am the buyer. You are the buyer.

So where's the copy of the contract for purchase that will include that these monies are going to be paid?

Okay, I have it in an email.

The city would ask that this be reset to September 3rd because you can come with a contract that says the city's going to be paid the money that's owed out of it. That way... We won't object.

It's going to be a cash deal, and I don't see why it won't be paid in 30 days.

Okay. That's the city's request.

I move to do what the city requests. Yeah. Before we take a motion.

What is the request? Can you explain it again? I didn't understand. Yeah, so the request is going to reset it to September.

Well, no, that he's got, he says he's buying the property, he's paying cash for it, but for some reason he doesn't want to pay the outstanding money cost. The city's actually out before he can get mitigation, which is The minimum is $7,500. It was a home before that. There's wiggle room on that.

Hey, we'll help you on that.

We just need to know the exact number. But here's the thing. We wouldn't give you mitigation without knowing that you've paid for what is owed. So I think that should be a good sign for you that we're even considering it.

Okay, so... This could be paid.

And then we can consider to help you, yeah, because the previous use of the property was a single family home. Right, it was a home, right? Now it's a vacant site now. Yeah. Yeah, so that means it drops it down. We can go as low as potentially zero, right, Madam Attorney? Yes. If we wanted to.

The closing office that we hired is the one that says that nothing should be paid until there's a square number.

Well, then you need a contract.

Yeah, that's what we're asking for.

If you're using closing attorneys, then you need a contract. But then you're saying you're paying cash. Why should you have to have a contract?

We have a contract. You say you have it in the email.

Then put in the closing contract that the money dispersed will be this amount to the city of Miami and then the closing agent. will have to pay the city that money, and then they're going to give you your mitigation if you don't pay in cash before closing. And you can come back in September with that document that's signed by everybody. September 3rd.

Is there anything sooner?

No.

There's no hearings in August. Today would have been a day for you to bring everything that you needed to bring, because there's no more hearings after this one until September.

We'll just go ahead and do the closing and then come back.

Well, that's up to you.

That's on you on that one. But yeah, but I mean, look.

You can ask for an extension on the closing.

We can, yes. Yeah, if you want to make sure your money is good before you do anything else, maybe that's the best course of action. We can't give that type of advice here, but we can offer you the mitigation once everything has been cleared up.

So we're looking at $75,000? Is $7,500?

No. So it could be $10,000 or possibly lower. Yeah. Okay. Okay. And actually, it would be considered lower.

It could be $10,000 or lower. Or lower because you're a property.

It doesn't matter whose name the property is in when I come out.

No, what matters is its current state or in the case of whether if it was a single-family home or duplex, if that was the use at the time of the violation.

Was that homestead at the time of violation? No, it wasn't. No, it was not. It was just a single family. That's all. So, yeah, like I said, we can potentially go lower than the amount that's there, but we're not going to do any of that until we know you've resolved those issues. We're here to help.

But we're here to help. We want to make sure that we're not going to be tagged on the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Well, that's the dice you roll, or you can put it in your sales contract, extend your closing, come here with a signed contract stating that the closing agent is going to remit money from the closing agency in the amount of the 25,000 and whatever that was, to the city, plus pay whatever is ordered by this board. And then you haven't expended money in advance, but you're coming here showing us the contract.

You can even have the... That will be September when?

September 3rd.

September 3rd, okay, thank you.

Ms. McCloud, this case is going to get reset for September 3rd. Okay.

Do we need a motion for that, just to be on the safe side? No? No?

Huh?

Do we need a motion for that to reset this case? Okay, thank you. All right, next case. See, you know, we want to help, but, you know.

Page 48, City View, property address 644 Southwest 4th Avenue, case number CE2020-010-539. Is that 44 or 48? 48.

Page 48. This is vacant land. The lien ran to $509,500. The minimum is $7,500. Okay. Okay. Hi. Good evening.

Good evening. My name is Gabriela Moya. I'm here with my husband and our lawyer. Okay.

Do you want them to speak on your behalf at any point? You can put your name and address on the record. Yeah. Hi. My name is Rob Hyman. And do you want to speak or no? Oh, there you go. No problem. We just want to make sure. Okay.

110 Southeast 6th Street.

All right. Thank you.

Okay, ma'am.

Our case is that we recently, in June 2026, we received a letter telling us we have a line set in 2020. We didn't know about it. I have here they've been sending to the wrong address or to the back-end land where nobody could receive. in our zombies it is said our our address our mailing address we have not received anything and we just find out about this 10 years after so that's why it's so high i have all the pictures that the property have been maintained over the years okay and if this happened in june i don't know if the person that we hire he skipped one month or because it was COVID time. I'm not sure about that. But we are responsible. We've been keeping this property and we are...

Okay, so let me ask a couple questions.

The property appraiser report, as you can see here at the time, they listed the mailing address for the property as the vacant lot. Now, because it was a corporation, the city also pulled the Sun Biz registered agent. So we have to mail it to the vacant lot because that's required by law.

Correct.

And then this was the registered agent, Brad Hacker, who was also sent the mail.

One second. You know who that is?

Can I interject? Yes. So the registered agent was receiving notice. There's no question about that. The issue is when these folks bought this property and the company was formed, they were living in Ecuador. They didn't know the registered agent, the person who put the company together, listed this person as a registered agent.

I don't know that that's the issue here, but the minimum is $7,500. Yeah.

I understand, but we're trying to present why we would like you to mitigate it from that large number to the minimum. And so the point I'm making is that they didn't have any connection to this registered agent. They were new to the country. This was their first property that they owned. Properties since that and subsequent to that, they have listed a registered agent who they have interaction with. They pay their taxes on the property because they get notice of Whenever there's an issue, they have lawn maintenance folks who take care of that. And so it's an issue of making, not a mistake, but not understanding the significance of having a registered agent and then coming to a country and living the American dream, God bless, but not realizing that this was out there. Had they had notice from the registered agent, then this would have been taken care of as far as an official response saying, hey, this was taken care of back in 2020 or 2022.

So they have a different registered agent that existed before?

No, no, I'm sorry. The present registered agent is still the registered agent, and so we're realizing that there's an issue here. They just got notice of this, and so obviously they recently, as of yesterday...

The same registered agent that was sent all the information prior?

I'm sorry, I misunderstood your question. Yeah. For any other properties... It is not this registered agent. Okay. This was the sole property for the other properties? Yes. Okay. Different registered agent. And the current registered agent for this property will be replaced, I'm assuming, by me.

Understood.

And that name is Brad Hacker. It sounds like maybe an attorney. Could it have been an attorney that formed it?

You don't know.

Okay. We did all this through a realtor. She advised us how to do it. She sped it out, everything. Understood. I understand. We were in April.

And you're Gabriela?

Yes.

And you're Edgar? And you have, in 2020, you also had an address in Boca Raton?

Yeah, it's the same address.

Hey, okay. So the minimum is $7,500.

I moved to reduce it to $7,500.

I second. So we got a motion that's been made and seconded to reduce it to $7,500, which is a discount of $502,000. $400,000 or something. No, $500,000.

Of 502,000? Yeah, 502,000.

This is the part where skilled lawyers say absolutely nothing.

Okay. But thank you. We appreciate you. And the American dream.

All in favor? Aye.

Aye.

Thank you all very much. Appreciate your time.

Thank you. Wait for your signing, okay? Oh, not bad. Big Dixie. Big discount. I know. Too slow. I know. Too slow. Too slow. We have a heart today.

Page 102, property address 528 Southwest Fifth Avenue, case number 00076248. Hey. Good evening. Good evening.

Good to see you again. Good to see you again as well. Much shorter than the last person said.

This is a commercial property, apartment building. Lean ran to $421,500. The minimum is $15,000. All right. I told Mr. Marrero not to be long-winded.

Okay, so I have a lot to say, but I will honor Rachel's request. Essentially, our clients bought this property with the understanding that there was a violation. They met with the city before they closed on how to fix it. And unfortunately, they got some misinformation. They were advised that they just had to obtain a permit. Ultimately, they were trying to do that, and then they got cited for an unsafe structure violation related to the same work that they inherited. That created all sorts of holds. You know about the approval quagmire that can sometimes happen. All this time, the fines were running. They thought it was a two-week fix. It ended up being a multi-year fix. They spent a significant amount of money, so we're asking for the $15,000. We think that's fair here.

I move to reduce it to $15,000. Second. That's a discount of $406,500. All those in favor?

Aye. Hope I was short enough, Rachel. Thank you all, have a good evening. 10 seconds over.

Last mitigation?

Page 31, property address 460, Northwest 25th Court, case number CE 2019-021107. That's City View? Yeah, City View.

Okay.

Go, Paige. 31. Thank you. Good evening. Good evening.

This is a duplex with homestead exemption.

Yes.

The lien ran up to $501,500. The minimum is $5,000, or by unanimous vote, zero.

Good evening, ma'am. State your name and address for the record.

Yes, I'm sorry. Marisol Gonzalez, 460 Northwest 25th Court.

Thank you. You currently live in a property?

I do.

Thank you.

Can I get any other questions here? No, I moved it to zero. Can I get a second? Second. All those in favor? Aye.

That's why I look forward to having you homestead, folks. Thank you. You're welcome, ma'am. Have a good one.

Page 21, property address 737 Northwest 22nd Court, case number CE 2018-006912. Page 21, City View.

This is a duplex. It does not have a homestead exemption. The lien ran to $719,000. I believe this is not the original violating owner. Right. And the minimum is $10,000. Or by unanimous vote, you can go as low as zero. It was for a failure to maintain and an encroachment. I probably have, like, a shed.

Yeah. Good evening.

Good evening. My name is Inwin Pineda. Okay. Address 737 Northwest 27th Court.

Okay.

I purchased this property in January 2020. I didn't know anything about the violation until 2025. I received a postcard. And I contact with the city of Miami, and they didn't give me a complete answer until six, eight months later. So I went there physical to check out, and they told me there's a lien. And they say the lien has a violation back in 2018. Okay. which I don't own the property and I don't know what's wrong with it. So that's why I come here for the mitigation. Okay.

And what are you currently doing with the property? Are you renting it?

Yes.

Both units?

No, now it's only one unit. One is vacant.

Oh, vacant.

Yes.

When did you buy the property again?

I bought the property. It's from the previous one I have. I do the 1031 exchange. Smart. Yes. 2020, right? She bought it in 2020, two years after. Yeah, 2020, I bought it. So I went through the title search company, and I paid the title insurance. And they even searched, there is, there was a case back in 2018 from the 2018's owner, not even 2019 has another owner. He purchased from 2018 from the previous owner.

2019.

through the auction then he remodeling it after all his permit closed and he also in the closing agent he provided all the documents the title is clean everything is paid off there's no own and I have all the proof from my title agent give it that to me so I don't feel I'm obligated to anything because I didn't do nothing wrong. I tried to purchase the property to help me to my retirement. I'm a very old lady and I don't work now. I retire and I'm a widow.

The lien was recorded in 2018. Yeah. So it's recorded and as of record.

Yeah, so you are responsible. It's your property, but we'll try to help you out here. Thank you. But you are responsible. Can I get a motion? I'll make a motion to bring it down to zero. I'll second.

Thank you.

All in favor? Aye.

Thank you so much. You're more than welcome. I'm a good citizen. I pay my duty for the 40 years. Understood.

I appreciate you. Thank you, ma'am.

Thank you.

Okay. Page 106, property address 2059 Southwest 7th Street, case number 00031502, page 106.

This is a three-unit apartment. The lien ran to $186,250. The minimum is $15,000.

Good evening, sir. How you doing, sir? My name is George Martinez. Yes. I represent the deceased. Okay. Okay. It's a long story, so I'm going to try to keep this simple because I've had a whole bunch of issues myself. My aunt hired an unlicensed contractor, I think in 2021. I'm not sure the date. Charged her $30,000, did the concrete, did all that stuff there. They got a violation. When she got a violation, I had just lost my brother. Moving forward, My mom got sick. I was starting to represent her, so I got her a contractor to try to finish this. That contractor, we didn't give a deposit. I was dealing with what happened to me. I was in contact with Roberto Santos, that was the director at the time. So trying to do this short with my memory too. And my mom passed away in 2023 in my arms. So I hired a contractor myself. I think it was in 2024. I have the dates here. This is not a simple permit because you're on 7th Street.

Yeah.

So you had to get another permit also. So we finally got the both permits. Along the way, they finalized this. But in 2024, I lost my dad after 64 years of marriage. Didn't want to live no more. Dealing with that. Take your time, sir. So I finally closed this out, and Trueto Santos is no longer the director. He told me, George, take care of this violation. I sent him my mom's birth certificate. Along the way, I got hit by an 18-wheeler. So I got eight screws, and I'm glad to be alive. And I'm here to represent them to take care of this. Trueto Santos has been on top of this case. He's no longer the director. I have over 24 emails to him.

Yeah.

He told me, don't worry about it, George. When you resolve it, we'll take care of this and we'll put this to peace. And that's why I'm here now.

Madam Attorney, where are we at with this?

The minimum is $15,000. It was $186,250, so 20% wouldn't be less of the $15,000. Yeah, that's the lowest we can go, unfortunately.

I'm sorry, man, I can't hear you. That's the lowest we can go is $15,000 to reduce it down to $15,000. We don't have any...

The three-unit apartment building, it's commercial.

Unfortunately, that's commercial.

Even with the emails that I have from Roberto Santos, he said I wasn't going to have an issue with this lien. Because I have all the emails here.

Mr. Santos can't promise you anything, even as a director. And I'm sorry that that happened. because things like that shouldn't happen. For some reason, and you had a lot of things going on, once nobody appeared at the hearing and didn't request an extension of time, the lien was recorded in March of 2024 and it ran. So I can't speak for why anybody would make you promises that they can't legally keep, but the code itself requires that the minimum is $15,000.

Even with the extension of time he gave me through the email?

There is no extension of time through email. That doesn't exist as a matter of law. I don't know what that means. That's not valid. And I know you've been here a lot, and I've known you for years, and I know everything that you're saying is true, and it breaks my heart to hear what you've been going through. I mean, it really does. But nonetheless, this is where, for us, we're stuck. As much as I would like to say, gosh, can't we just zero this out? I can't. Yeah.

We don't have the authority to.

Now, if there's bad notice issues, I don't know if there's something going on. You want us to look into it? I'm more than happy to do that. We can reset it for September. But other than that, you know, like we would do with anybody if they think there's some issues that went on. But promises in an email, I just.

But what's the amount that they have to pay?

The minimum is $15,000.

Fifteen?

Fifteen. One five.

One five. How long do I have to pay for that?

Thirty days.

Can we get an extension of time for September like that I can talk to them like that they have time to pay?

You want to come back so that they have time to put the money together?

I don't have an objection to that if you guys want to do that. Can I pay that before that? No.

Well, it won't count.

Just put it yes.

Yes. Yes.

Okay. No. I want to go ahead and be done with it.

You want to be done with it?

Okay.

I'll talk to them and then.

And just deal with it that way.

And then we got 30 days to pay for it, correct? Yeah.

Or at least start making a payment. So let's say if you don't have all, at least get a payment in.

Yeah.

And then follow it up with the remainders. But you can get interest charged on what's still due and owing. That's why the 30 days.

And who do they send the payment to?

They'll give you the information. It'll go to finance. But once they'll send you the email with how to pay it.

Okay, I appreciate all your help. Thank you. Okay, well, we can make a motion. Hold on. Sorry for getting so emotional.

Hold on. Let's make the motion first so we can get the order. We're not done.

I move to reduce it to $15,000 so we can go. Second.

All those in favor? Aye. Okay, so wait for your order so we'll sign off on it, okay?

This is an add-on and code check, add-on two, property address 7619 Northeast Third Court, case number 00140272.

This property, the lien is a commercial property. The lien ran to $15,500. The minimum is $15,000, but... I already did the math in advance and with a calculator. 20% of $15,500 is $2,100 as the minimum. Gotcha.

Good evening, ma'am.

Good evening.

State your name and address for the record.

Thank you. You're here for mitigation?

Okay. So as of right now, what's the amount again?

It was $15,500. Because you can do 20%, obviously $15,000 is the minimum. But you also have the caveat of you can give 20% to any lien. That would take it under the $15,000 to, I'm sorry, $3,100. The 20%. The 20%, yeah.

3,100. 3,100, yeah. So right now, with the mitigation that we're offering, it'll be $3,100 from the 15,500.

I think that's the lowest we can do. I'd like to see when people come in and actually respond to these things, so I'll make a motion to reduce it to the $3,100.

I second. Okay. Do you want to say anything?

I wish it could be lower.

Yeah, it was two, but there's a threshold we have that we can't go below that one.

No, no, no.

Yes, there are...

They're not going to...

No, no, no, no, no.

You said 3,100? 3,100, yes. Okay. All those in favor?

Aye.

No, no, no, no, no. One second here. Let's see what's going on.

Okay.

He has no problem paying the $3,100.

Okay, thank you. All right, just wait for the order. All right, thank you. Next case. Is that the last of the mitigations?

No.

Oh, there's more.

I'm just going to start calling ones out loud. All right, all right, all right. Got to get moving.

All right.

I like mitigations, so bring them on.

Page 28, property address 4865. What calendar is that? Oh, City View.

Thank you.

Property address 4865. Northwest 7th Street, CE 2021-008-234. They also have another case out here. Excuse me, I'm sorry.

What page is that on?

This is an add-on, add-on 2 in City View.

All right, so we'll deal with that one second because we can't see it. You might want to do it together. No, I know, but I'm saying we'll wait until you pull it up.

So this is a vacant lot?

Right.

All right.

What was the immediate pass you used?

The vacant lot. The vacant lot. The minimum is $7,500. Okay.

Gotcha. Good evening, sir. Good evening. And good evening, ma'am. You state your names and address for the record.

Ibrahim Gantous on behalf of Martin McCarthy, who's the attorney of record. I'm an attorney myself, but he's at a funeral today. Understood. Thank you very much. This is for 4865 Northwest 7th Street.

Okay. And you can pull the mic a little bit closer to you. Maybe that's better. Thank you. All right. So we have the first case. And my name is Alitza Weiss, 3187 Royal Road. Okay. Thank you. The first case, the lien ran to $435,250. And this is a... It's a vacant lot?

Yeah, it's a vacant lot. It's always been a vacant lot. The other property is the same as well.

The same?

Vacant, always vacant.

Okay. Can I make a motion on both cases, Madam Attorney?

Well, no, they haven't called. I can call it up. Add-on number two, 4875 Northwest 7th Street, case number CE-2021-005024 is the other one.

Rachel, weren't there three?

No, you have one that's not complied yet.

But the inspector said it was in compliance.

Maria Zink. Okay, so you have two cases on.

Yeah, you have two cases currently right now.