Nuisance Abatement Board - Regular Meeting

Please remain standing.

Please remain standing.

If you're going to speak tonight, please raise your right hand and repeat after me. Do you solemnly 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. Thank you.

There they are.

Si necesitas un intérprete en español, por favor, póngase de pie. Si necesitas un intérprete en español, por favor, póngase de pie.

Let me swear you in. Yeah, let me swear you in, though, first. I gotta swear you in.

Yeah. Do you swear to translate from English to Spanish and Spanish to English to the best of your ability?

One just sat down. One gentleman. Thank you.

Creole? Do you try to translate from Creole to English, and English to Creole to the best of your ability?

Good evening. Is there someone in your language who can speak English well, who needs someone to speak for you? No, no, you're welcome, because this is nuisance. No? Thank you.

Roll call for the nuisance. Ms. Yvonne Bayona?

Here.

Ms. Brenda Brenningport? Present. Mr. Gustavo Chacon?

Present.

Mr. John Cornell?

Present.

Mr. Rick Madan?

Present.

Mr. Keon Williams? Mr. Martin Silber? We have a quorum.

Nuisance abatement?

You're good, yeah.

Are we ready to start?

Yeah, you're good.

All right.

I'm ready. Or do we do roll call? Yep. We just did. I was distracted.

That was completely my fault. So before we start, ladies and gentlemen, if you must take a phone call, please take it outside. Do not disrupt the process or you'll be removed.

The one case set today, and I apologize for the assistant city attorney who usually does this. His son was very sick today. He's got a new baby, so he had to take him to the doctor. So I'm covering. Nuisance abatement case 24-03, address is 128 Northwest 77th Street. I'm happy to report they're in full compliance, and the city will be withdrawing the case at this time.

Do I have a motion?

It's the only page on the nuisance abatement. I don't know the page number.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All in favor? Aye. Thank you. The nuisance abatement board. And that ends nuisance abatement.

So I don't know if you want a motion to close it.

Motion to close the nuisance abatement board. Everybody will happily move on. Motion. Do I have a second? Second. All in favor? Aye. Nuisance board is closed. Now we're going to the nitty gritty.

Okay, roll call for our Code Enforcement Board. Ms. Yvonne Bayona? Here. Ms. Brenda Betancourt? Present. Mr. Gustavo Chacon?

Here.

Mr. John Cunil?

Here.

Mr. Rick Medan?

Present.

Mr. Keon Williams? Mr. Martin Silber? We have a quorum.

Good evening. I would like to welcome you to this meeting of the City of Miami Code Enforcement Board. The Code Enforcement Board is made up of seven