Nuisance Abatement Board - Regular Meeting

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We'll start with nuisance abatement, by the way.

Yes, please stand. Do you solemnly swear from you would translate from English to Creole to English to the best of your ability? Thank you.

Thank you. Roll call. Mr. Williams? Present. Mr. Rodriguez? Present. Mr. Arenas? Ulysses? Present. Mr. Gallon? Present. Mr. Moshe? Present. Thank you.

We have quorum.

We're starting with nuisance. Okay. Is the officer here?

Yeah, we're ready to go. You ready for me to start? Okay, so I'll go through the list first, which is our first case on, which is 1278 Northwest 58th Terrace, case number 24-12 is going to be reset. Okay. Okay. Our case for status, which is 1969 Northwest Second Court, apartment 13, case number 2516 is gonna be reset. These will be reset for September.

Okay.

Case number four, which is 4825 Northwest 15th Court, case number 25-18 is being withdrawn. It's complied, which is good news. So we're withdrawing it before you had to have a hearing. And the same with case 26-01-1506, Northwest 70th Street, being withdrawn by the city for being complied. So we'll go back to the one case that we have here, which is case number two, case number 25-09, the owner of 1283 Northwest 59th Street. Sir?

Madam Attorney, what page is that?

I don't on yours. It's going to be page three on nuisance abatement just to start with.

Thank you, Mr. Iqbal.

Yes, come on up to the podium, sir. This is 1283 Northwest 59th Street, and we have Officer Robbins here for the city all the way up to the podium, sir.

Yeah. Good evening, sir. You state your name and address for the record.

My name is Najeeb Iqbal, I-Q-B-A-L.

Thank you.

In this particular case, I know that the owner's been working with the officers of Model City to bring the property into compliance. We have an issue with the particular apartment based upon where the funding for occupancy is coming from, so that we are gonna work to assist with him to deal with the individuals who are residing there. I think overall you'll see package page, hold on.

Yeah, it's like the 47, 48, 49, 50.

Yeah, if you go to page 53, that starts with the notices. And then the actual complaint starts on page, well, you have the affidavit for search warrant, but yeah. So we spoke with Mr. Iqbal outside. Mr. Iqbal, were you just entering a plea of guilty to continue compliance to come back in October?

He stated, I will. Yes. Okay. I'm just making sure.

So the city's only inspector, I mean inspector, officer, your department's been working with Mr. Iqbal on the property. Is that correct?

Yes.

All right. Has he finished the trespass affidavit or does he have to finish that?

No, he finished it. It's up to him. Okay.

Do we have the sign up yet?

Yes, he has one up yet. He did that part.

Okay. And so what's left to do? A couple of trees. You got to cut a couple of trees?

The trees and the lightning around the property.

There's lighting?

No, he has to put lightning around the property.

Okay. Did you know that?

Yes.

Lighting. You got to put up lights around the property?

I do. I have that sign over there.

Oh. You have to put extra lights up around your property. Did you know that?

Yeah, I can do that.

You can do that. Okay. And do we have a copy of the rent rolls?

Yes, he's supposed to be providing me with that.

All right. So... Mr. Board Attorney, I guess we're looking at, he's already done the trespass affidavit, the sign's already up, so there's gonna be some tree trimming. Not cutting down without a permit, please. And a copy of the rent rolls, as well as meeting with Officer Robbins or anybody from his unit to discuss where the lights need to go. And then come back in October. which would be the end of October. And that would be, I guess the city would ask the board to motion that and approve it?

In terms of being guilty?

Yeah. Do you, I have a question. Go ahead. Sir, do you understand you have to cut some trees down, right? Yeah. Yeah.

Well, no, not cut them down. He's not cutting trees down. He's got to trim.

Trim them. But do you understand you also need a permit to do that?

He may. He may.

He may. You may.

Okay. Okay. Any other questions? Can I have a motion?

Yeah. Is there a specific deadline for him to come into compliance with the trees, the lighting, and the rent?

Just hopefully by the next meeting.

Okay.

Because he's been speaking to them and working with them since this was filed.

Okay. So I would move for a finding of guilt to compliance with trimming of the trees, the additional lighting, and the rent roll, and to be complied with by the scheduled hearing in October. Okay.

September. No. October.

October. This one was for October.

I second that. All those in favor? Aye. All right, that's all the one we have.

Yeah, and that's it for nuisance abatement.

We're now to code. All right, thank you, sir. This is going to conclude nuisance abatement, and we're going to call the roll for code enforcement.