Citizen's Advisory Committee - Special Meeting

Good morning, the City of Port St. Lucie special magistrate hearing for Wednesday, June 17th, 2026 is now in session. It is 9 o'clock in the morning. My name is Keith Davis. I'm the special magistrate appointed by the city to preside over today's hearings. Please silence your cell phones so they don't interrupt the proceedings and that'll be appreciated. And then I'll invite everyone to stand and join me in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Go ahead and please swear in code specialists and investigators who will be testifying for the city in today's hearings.

Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. Thank you.

I'VE PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE MINUTES FOR APRIL 8TH, APRIL 15TH, AND MAY 6TH. FOR THE RECORD. And then on today's agenda, do we have any late abatements or postponements to note?

Yes, we have two postponements. Number 16, case number 26-04582. Respondent address is 1181 Southwest Hibiscus Street is postponed. And number 19, case number 26-02821. Respondent address is 2266 Southeast C. Fury Lane is postponed.

Thank you. With those postponements noted, the agenda is approved. We're going to get started with, and we'll go right down the order of the agenda and take care of some cases where we can get the city staff on their way. So let's take care of the solid waste.

Yes, we don't have anybody present for our solid waste certification of fines. Number one, case number 26-03052. Respondent address is 3931 Southwest Hablo Street. Nobody is present, and I can read on record how they were noticed.

Okay.

a notice of hearing or a notice of the certification of fine was sent to the violator by certified mail return receipt requested to the address listed in the tax collector's office for tax notices or to the address listed in the county property appraiser's database if the green card was returned is placed in the file and is either signed unsigned or unclaimed 10 days before the hearing, the agenda was posted on the bulletin board in the lobby of Port St. Lucie City Hall. Also, a notice of hearing was posted on the property in question along with an affidavit of posting, which included a copy of the notice posted and the dates and places of its posting. If the certification card was not returned to the Office of Solid Waste, then 10 days before the hearing, posting is completed in the same manner as if the card was returned unclaimed as stated above. The photos shown at today's hearing are kept and maintained as public records of the City of Port St. Lucie's Office of Solid Waste.

All right, I will find proper notice for that matter. Is there anything else the City needs to put into the record on this case? Not for the solid waste case. I'll sign the appropriate order on that then.

We're going to do our modification requests. It's going to be number two and number three, case number 25-00674. Respondent address is 313 Northwest Dorchester Street. And number three, case number 25-32042BL, case, I'm sorry, respondent address 1623 Northwest St. Lucie West Boulevard.

Good morning.

Good morning.

My name is Evelyn Rojas. I'm with the City of Port St. Lucie Lings Services Department. These modifications are a request by the applicant. They are heard as a matter of city policy and are not mandated by Florida statute. City Council holds these lings and they are considered to be assets of the city. Per city ordinance, the special magistrate has authority to modify these links. Agenda items two through three have been agreed upon prior to this hearing and require an order to be signed by the magistrate. This completes my orders for today.

All right. Thank you, Ms. Rojas. I will sign appropriate orders on those matters. Thank you, sir. Yes, ma'am.

We're going to move on to business tax violations and business tax certification of fines, numbers four through six on the agenda, and number seven. Good morning.

Good morning. I'm going to read in the violation hearing for violators who are not present on the notice of hearings. Regarding the following cases entered into public record, our business tax officer investigated the businesses and found the violations to exist. A reasonable date for compliance was given, but upon reinvestigation, it was confirmed that compliance was not achieved. A formal notice was issued for today's hearing, and the respondent had failed to appear. The city requests that the cases be found in violation of their respective listed code sections and be given one week from the hearing date to bring the property into compliance. Should the compliance not be met, the city requests that a future hearing be scheduled to determine whether to impose a fine. I believe there's three cases for that. Need me to read the cases or you got them?

I can read them into record.

Why don't you put them into the record, please?

Number 4, case number BT-26-00114. Respondent address is 1400 Southeast Goldtree Drive. Number 5, case number BT-24-00228. Respondent address is 247 Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard. And number 6, case number BT-26-00013. Respondent address is 247 Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard.

Thank you. I'll sign the appropriate orders for those, and then you have the other one.

Yeah, I have a certification of fine. I'm going to read it. Thank you. Regarding the following cases entered in the public record, a violation hearing was held on the date of compliance was issued by the special magistrate. Upon re-inspection, the business tax officer, it was determined that compliance has not been achieved for the violators. OF THE RESPECTIVE LISTED SECTIONS OF CODE. A FORMAL NOTICE OF HEARING WAS ISSUED FOR TODAY'S HEARING AND THE RESPONDENT HAD FAILED TO APPEAR. THE CITY REQUESTS THAT THE FINES BE CERTIFIED AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS BE ACCESSED AND AWARDED TO THE CITY. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.

SORRY, THAT WAS FOR NUMBER 7, CASE NUMBER BT-25-00777. RESPONDENT ADDRESS IS 2200 SOUTHWEST GATLIN BOULEVARD.

Is there anything else the city needs to place into the record on these matters? No. All right. I'll sign the appropriate orders on those as well. Thank you.

Okay, now we're going to move on to our code compliance cases. We're going to start off with our Zoom. That is going to be number nine, Officer Gomez, case number 26-04541, respondents K-I-I-C-C-L-L-C, respondent address is 2514 Southeast Jason Place.

Do we have, I can't see anybody remotely.

Christopher, can you turn on your camera please?

Yeah, I need to see you if you're going to be sworn in and you're going to talk to us.

You might be muted, so make sure that you're not muted and that you can turn your camera on. Maybe turn all your volume up. If you're on a laptop, maybe make sure... I don't know if somebody wants to give him a call and then we'll just go back to him. Okay. Christopher, someone is going to give you a call to try to help you out. Maybe turn up your volume. Okay, we will go back to this one. So we're going to go to our next one. That's going to be number 20. Code Officer Wise, case number 26-02858. Respondents Darwin, Romero, Grande, and Delmas Arlissia Castillo-Ponce. Respondent address is 3280 Southeast Monte Vista Street.

All right.

Good morning, sir. Good morning. Officer Wise has been previously sworn. This case concerns the property at 3280 Southeast Monte Vista Street, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On February 25th, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 41.08, subsection E is an echo. Exterior property areas and operative vehicles. Section 158.211, storage or accumulation of materials, refuse and waste materials prohibited. and section 73.02 rest registration and inspection tag unregistered recreational vehicle i would like to uh abate a violation off the off the case at this time which was uh 73.03 use of a residential of a residence prohibited living in an rv all right so that's no longer part of this case yes sir got it The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time that they were taken. A notice of violation was issued on February 26, 2026. The respondent had until March 8, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, and so a notice of hearing was furnished on April 23, 2026 by certified mail. On April 30th, 2026, proper service was achieved by certified mail return receipt received. The city requests that the respondent Darwin Romeo Grande and Delmas Araceli Castillo Ponce Be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the city of Port St Lucy code by June 24th, 2026. And if not in compliance by that date, then the hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. So this was the original notice placed on the front door. This is the unregistered recreational vehicle. here in the back, you can see that there's no tag placed on it. This is both open storage and the inoperative vehicle you can see in the backyard with no tag placed on the vehicle. And then here's the open storage, another angle, more open storage over here as well. Then more open storage and behind the RV. And then this is just a photo of the front of the home.

Okay.

Anything else the city needs to put into the record before I hear from responding at this time? No, sir. All right. Good morning, sir. Let me get you sworn in, and then I'll be happy to hear from you.

Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the statements made today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

Yes.

And please state your name for the record.

Darwin Grande.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Grande. The floor is yours. If you have any questions for Officer Wise, you may ask them. If not, you're free to tell me about what's going on with the case.

I'm sorry? You said June 24th? I believe so, yes. I have the registration for the RV.

Okay, can you show that to Mr. Wise?

It's a temporary registration that just got done. I told him prior to the hearing that the actual temp tag needs to be placed on the back of the RV to become in compliance. He said he'll do that this afternoon.

Okay. So I think you need to inspect that and make sure the temporary tag is in the proper place in order to clear that. Yes, sir. Yeah, so I'm going to... I'll make the finding appropriately. Okay, so that temporary registration and tag has been taken care of. What's going on with the other issues?

I'll clean up around the yard this week, and the vehicle is... It's operable, but I was looking to sell it, but I was trying to do maintenance to it before I sell it. I just haven't had time.

So you're selling it, you said?

Yeah, but I wanted to fix it up before I sold it.

Sure, yeah. Do you have a buyer for it at this point?

No, I haven't.

Are you going to get it registered before you sell it, or...? Because it's going to remain in violation as long as it's on the property without registration and license plate.

Is there a way to do it temporarily? Because I wouldn't need it for a long time.

Well, you'd either have to get it registered. Or get it off the property and unless mr.

Wise you have any other that that would be the two options either have it registered with a tag or remove it from the property all together How much time do you think you need to get it sold?

Let's see what I can do Try to get it sold before June 24th Okay Okay Anything else that you'd like to tell me sir For the RV, do I need to show them proof or do I call them to come by again?

Give me a call. Since, depending on your order, whenever the compliance day sets, I'll do an inspection after that date and inspect for all violations. And if it's complied at that point, then I can remove it from the case. Okay.

I mean, if you think you can get it done by June 24th, that'll be my order. No problem. Okay. Anything else from the city?

I think we're okay if there's a little bit of extra time just in case, an additional week, just to not set it up for failure.

June 24th is one week from today.

Mm-hmm. I'm doing the RV today.

What if we went out to July 1st? That's two weeks.

Yeah, I think that would be sufficient. That would be fine.

Okay. We'll do that. I have no objection to that either. Okay. Anything else from anybody? Then I do find proper notice. I do find property remains in violation as cited, except 73.03 has been withdrawn. Okay. It looks like 73.02 is, if it's not completely complied, it's right there, but you'll get that inspected. And then the other two, everything has until July 1st. After that, if it needs to be brought back, the city can re-notice it for further proceedings. But... Do your best to get it done by July 1st. If you run into a problem, just stay in touch with Officer Wise and keep those lines of communication open. I know the city is very good with working with folks, especially if you're making your best efforts to get things taken care of. All right, good luck, sir. Thank you very much.

Our Zoom was still having technical issues, so we're going to postpone it and have the code officer work with him. So number nine, case number 26-04541, 2514 Southeast Jason Place is going to be postponed.

Okay.

Just so it's on record. Yep. Our next person that is present, we have number 22, Code Officer Gomez. Yes. Case number 25-08880, respondent Stat Tan Tran. Respondent address is 2298 Southeast Pearl Lane. Okay. Okay, good morning.

This case concerns the property of 2298 SE Pear Lane, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On May 20, 2025, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 158.217, Charlie to November, access for use to single family residential district. Section 54.30 alpha permit required driveway and section 56.22 Bravo roadways swells obstruction of swell. The photos depict inaccurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on May 21st, 2025. The respondent had until May 31st, 2025 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, so a notice of hearing was furnished on May 6, 2026 by certified mail. On June 2, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. The recommendation is as follows. The city requests that the respondent be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by July 7, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. This is the... day of the posting. What's going on here is the property to the left is the respondent and the wall is fine, but This section of the driveway was put too close to the property line. It has to be six feet away from the property line. He's had quite a few contractors he's been dealing with in the past and they haven't done the work, but he's found another one. They need to remove the pavers starting from this wall. and essentially come out six feet away from the property line down towards the road. And then there's a little bit better photo. So from here, it would be essentially a curved cut or whatnot, but he's been in contact with Mr. Lewis from Public Works. They've had meetings out there, and Mr. Lewis even had a meeting with his contractor to tell him exactly what needs to be done. Okay. And then I believe it was with this portion and this retaining wall, it had to be pushed back. But Mr. Lewis, like I said, from Public Works, is the inspector, and he's been in contact with him and the contractor that he has. So just waiting on that to be completed and all that.

Okay, so... Uh, we have a path forward. It sounds like. Yes, sir. Okay. Uh, anything else you need to put into the record? Uh, let me get you sworn in, sir. And I'll be happy to hear from you.

Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the statements made today will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

Yes.

And please state your name for the record. Uh, that time track. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Good morning. If you have any questions, uh, for officer Gomez, you may ask them. Otherwise you're free to tell me about what's, uh, going on with the case?

Sure, yeah. So basically hire a contractor to get the whole job completed. And I was the first homeowner, so I didn't know what's going on. And he told me he completed. And then later I got the court violation saying the pump is never closed. And that's when I found out. But at the beginning, the reason it took almost a year because at the beginning, it was hard for me to find a contractor because no one to take a small job. And when I found one, they gave me a code. It's very expensive. It was about $40,000. And so I kept looking. And then finally, I found one. And that's the contractor that I'm working with right now. But I called him, and he said he will But he's getting me on the schedule from two or three weeks from now, and it takes one week to complete everything.

So does he think July 7th is a reasonable deadline to get it done by? That's like almost three weeks from today.

Can you give me one more month? Because he put me on schedule from two to three weeks from now, and it takes one week. But I will say another week to be sure.

30 days would be like July 15th, which would be tacking on another week, the city of any... No, sir, we don't have any issues.

Like I said, Mr. Lewis has been in contact with them, and he's going to be the final inspector for this entire case anyway. So that shouldn't be an issue.

So July 15th would give you pretty much another month.

Yeah.

It'd be July 15th for a compliance date.

Yes, but the thing is, like, he will not start the job until, like, three weeks from now.

So... Yeah, you get about... So your contractor can't get you on his schedule for three more weeks before he can even start? Is that what you're saying?

Yes, sir.

So that's, like, July 8th, and then...

And he said it takes about one week to get it, but I would say give him two weeks to be sure.

Do July 22nd as the compliance date?

No. Yeah, we can do that, sir.

So if we do July 22nd, that gives you three weeks to get on and then two more to get the work done. And if he's saying it's only going to take one, that should give you enough cushion to worry about weather and stuff like that. And the other thing I would tell you is Stay in touch with the city the whole time. Yes, sir. Keep everyone apprised of the progress. Yes, sir. Okay. Anything else that you'd like to tell me?

So be good. But, like, yeah, things will be good for now.

Yeah, I'm... I think that's the appropriate time. And if it needs to be brought back for an adjustment, you can do that. But I don't want to push it out further than July 22nd for the compliance date on the order. Yes, so be it. Okay. So let's see. I do find proper notice based on the testimony and the evidence property remains in violation. As cited, we're going to set July 22nd. OF THIS YEAR AS THE COMPLIANCE DATE. IF THIS NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT BACK FOR ANY FURTHER ATTENTION, YOU CAN RENOTICE IT AND BRING IT BACK. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A PLAN TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD AND GET IT DONE. SO GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, THANK YOU.

Number 35, code officer Mendoza, case number 25-15964, respondents Sergio Fernandez and Maria L. Fernandez. Respondent address is 421 Southeast Thanksgiving Ave. Good morning, honor.

Good morning. Code officer Mendoza, privilege is sworn. Okay. This case considers a property at 421 Southeast Thanksgiving Avenue, Port St. Lucie, Florida. A violation hearing was held on January 21st, 2026. Based on the evidence presented on that date, the special magistrate found the violations existed in order compliance to be achieved by January 28th, 2026 for the following violations. 4110B, exterior structure and need of maintenance. 41088, exterior property as sidewalks and drainage. For neighborhood services department records, compliance was not achieved by January 20, 2026. Neighborhood services maintains a copy of the entire case file as public records. The photos taken truly and accurately represent the case, the scene, excuse me, as it appeared on the dates of the inspection. Due to the respondent's failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing, the city requests that the special magistrate impose a fine in order the respondent to pay a fine in the amount of $50 per day. Up to a maximum of $50,000 finally, the city requests the respondent be ordered to pay administrative costs in the amount of $411, representing a reasonable cost of the investigation and the prosecution of this case. As you can see, the bottom part there is missing. The top part there on top of the window is missing. The driveway is in disrepair. And that's the notice there. That's what I have, sir.

Has there been any forward progress since the violation hearing?

No, there's pictures of research, and as of June, I just spoke to the resident. He'll explain. He'll say he's working on everything else.

Okay. If I might add, let me get you sworn in, and then the floor will be yours.

Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the statements made today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

I swear.

And please state your name for the record.

Devin Hahn.

Thank you.

One second, sir. Sorry.

My apologies. Steve Owens previously sworn. I've been talking to the gentleman on the phone. There is been some active progress on the trim above the front window. There is still more more concerns because the wood rot goes past that. So there's more pieces that need to be repaired. But the trim above the one window he showed you that was severely rotted has been replaced.

Good. Thank you. Actually, that's what I was going to go home today after this was to work on those pictures of the side of the house are post repair. I got to clean up some of that debris. It took me a little while to figure out how to do stucco. But those pictures of the side of the house where the damages that's painted that's if that's satisfactory to you guys, that is repaired damage on the side next to the garage. My current project is finding a contractor for the driveway and the rest of that damage above the window. Which, again, that was today's agenda after this. So. All right. Are you asking for some additional time? Yes, please. The biggest problem I'm having right now is, again, getting someone who wants to work on that driveway. That is, I've had two people straight up just ghost me now. And I'm assuming if I do find somebody who takes it, it's going to take a while to get on their schedule. So, all right.

I mean, this started back in January, so it's been going on for a while. What's the city's thoughts?

Just for the record, for the last eight or so years, there have been 20 active cases on the property. Most of those have gone to lien for the same violations.

Okay. Sorry. Yeah, I'm not entirely aware of the mess prior. I'm here on my grandma's behalf to just get this sorted as best I can. So I got here March around the end of it. Yeah. So that's where I'm at with that. Okay.

Is there anything else you'd like to put into the record or tell me or the city?

No, sir.

No, I think what I'm going to do in this case is based on everything I've heard today, I am going to certify the fine. There is a mechanism in the city's procedures that allows you to come and ask for a modification or a reduction once everything is in compliance. But I think that's the appropriate way to proceed in this case. So I will find proper notice. I will find the property remains in violation, did not comply with the order from the January 21st hearing. I'll grant the relief requested by the city, certify the fine at $50 a day, and award the administrative cost of $411. I say get it done as quickly as you can, and then you can come and ask for an opportunity to get the fine reduced. All right, sir. Thank you, sir. Good luck. Thank you. Have a great day.

Thank you.

Number 33, Code Officer Gomez, case number 25-18114. Respondents Linda and Christopher Reck. Respondent address is 1073 Southeast Bethune Court.

Morning. Good morning.

This case concerns the property at 1073 Southeast Bethune Court, Port St. Lucie, Florida. A violation hearing was held on March 18th, 2026. Based on the evidence presented on that date, the special magistrate found the violation existed in order to compliance be achieved by April 3rd, 2026 for the following violation. Section 41.08 echo exterior property areas inoperative vehicles. Her Neighborhood Services Department Records compliance was not achieved by April 3rd, 2026. Neighborhood Services maintains a copy of the entire case file as public record. The photos taken truly and accurately represent the scene as it appeared on the date of the inspection. Recommendation is as follows. Due to the response failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing, the city requested the special magistrate impose a fine in order to respond to pay a fine in the amount of $25 per day up to a maximum of $50,000. Finally, the city requests the respondent be ordered to pay administrative costs in the amount of $411, representing reasonable costs for the investigation and prosecution of this case. The vehicle in question is this vehicle here. It's missing the headlights, so it's in a state of disrepair and is still at the property. And that's his or her. So either it has to be removed or taken out of a state of disrepair.

Okay. Thank you. Let me get you sworn in, sir, and I'll be happy to hear from you.

Do you swear or affirm that the statements made today will be the truth, the whole truth, or nothing but the truth?

I do.

And please state your name for the record.

Christopher Reese.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir. The floor is yours. If you have any questions for Officer Gomez, you may ask. Otherwise, you're free to tell me about what's going on with the case.

Um... I mean, as far as the car, what Mr. Gomez said is true. But there was a list of things that I had to do on the property, which I took care of. As far as the car, I mean, it sounds like a simple situation. So I removed all my interior to put new interior in. So I had to take out the middle console where the shifter is. So there's no longer a shifter. So I can't put the car in neutral. and just move it. Um, it's all wheel drive, so I can't pull it. Um, I'm in the process of selling the house, so I didn't want to put it behind the fence on the lawn. Um, so if I could be granted, you know, a little bit of time I can, I can just get the car out of them.

Were there other matters on this case?

It was open storage that was taken care of before. That was from the violation hearing that we had in the past and this vehicle. So the open storage was taken care of. It was rocks, some pavers, some items like that, and that was all taken care of.

I mean, if I give you another week, do you think you can have the car off the property?

Could I squeeze two weeks? I got family coming down.

Well, that's the city's position on the request for a two-week extension.

I'll have it taken care of if I get two weeks.

Thank you.

So this is the certification of fines? Yes. So we can do a continuance? Right. For the next agenda, and that should give them about 30 days.

Okay. I have no problem with that. The city is in agreement with that. So what we will do is nothing today except continue this hearing. Put it on my July 15th agenda. Or I have a July 1st agenda.

I think the 15th would probably be sufficient.

The 15th, I think, is going to be buildings.

That'll be buildings.

I think you have a July 8th agenda.

Yeah. Oh, I do. Look at that.

How about July 8th?

Yeah, July 8th.

So we'll continue this to July 8th. That gives you about three weeks. That'd be great. All right. So ordered, then. We'll take no action today. We'll reconvene on July 8th and need to have that car taken care of before then. Will do. All right. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

Number 44, code officer Wise, case number 25-10875, respondents Martha, Darlene, Jean, and Jean Adley Romaine. Respondent address is 1224 Southeast Ladner Street.

Okay. That was the one you handed me late. I got it. Okay. Good morning. All right.

Whenever you're ready. All right. Code officer, why has that been previously sworn? This case concerns the property at 1224 Southeast Ladner Street, Port St. Lucie, Florida. A violation hearing was held on December 10th, 2025. Based on the evidence presented on that date, the special magistrate found the violations existed and ordered compliance to be achieved by December 17th, 2025 for the following violations. Section 41.08, subsection D, as in Delta. Exterior property areas on maintain accessory structure. Per neighborhood services department records compliance was not achieved by. December 17th 2025 neighborhood services maintains a copy of the entire case file as public record. The photos truly. The photos taken truly and accurately represent the scene as it appeared on the dates of the inspections. Due to the respondents failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing the city requests that the special ministry impose a fine. And order the respondent pay a fine and the amount of 25 dollars per day up to a maximum of 50,000 dollars. Finally, the city requests that the respondents be ordered to pay an administrative costs. in the amount of $411 representing the reasonable cost of the investigation and prosecution of this case. So the unmaintained accessory structure is for offense. This is the original door hanger. And then here is the fence. As of about a week ago, leaning on the side still remains damaged along the left side in the back. It's just the front of the home.

Okay. Has there been any change in circumstance since the violation hearing on this?

No, there was a previous violation for a torn screen that was repaired.

For what, a pool scratch?

For a front porch.

Oh, okay.

That was repaired, but there's been no real change with the fence.

Okay. Okay, anything else you need to put into the record? No, sir. All right, then let me get you folks sworn in, and I'll be happy to hear from you.

Please raise your right hands. Do you swear or affirm that the statements made today will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. And please state your names for the record.

Whoever is going to speak first, if I can get you closer to the microphone, I'm having a hard time hearing what you said there. So please. Percy, you have the floor for questions or tell me about what's going on with the case.

No. For the first time, we came here. My wife, especially, asked for an interpreter. Oh, fine. For the first time, we came. My wife asked for an interpreter, but she don't really speak English.

Okay.

Our English not really good, but we said we send another company for us to... to continue with that but I don't know if we're going to do it like this because my English is not very good.

Okay.

We did contact HR and they did state that because it wasn't like a disability that they would have to provide their own interpreter.

Okay. So do you need an interpreter? Yes. And if we don't have one and city's position is that they'll need to bring their own interpreter, is that correct?

That was what was made clear to me through HR.

Okay. I'm not sure I'm comfortable. Well, I am sure I'm not comfortable proceeding if there's a communication barrier. So what I'm hearing is that we'll have to reschedule this for another day. You guys are going to need to, if there's no interpreter, if we can't communicate, then I can't have the hearing. So we can put it on the next available agenda, but you need to bring somebody with you who can interpret, who can tell you what I'm saying and who can tell me what you're saying.

And if you can't do that, could you do it? What she asked if she can bring a son or daughter.

Sir, I need to get you right up on the microphone.

She asked if she can bring a daughter or son to .

How old is he?

19.

Okay, and he can translate? That's fine. I don't have a problem with that, but that's what we'll need to do. We put this on the July 1st agenda. So July 1st, we'll reconvene here and bring your son so that he can translate for you, okay? Very good. Thank you. We'll see you back on July 1st with with your translator.

Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you.

Okay, there are no more parties present to be heard. We'll now move on to the violation hearing section of special requests. That is going to be number 23, Code Officer Gomez, case number 26-04434. Respondent address is 2207 Southeast Trillo Street.

This case concerns a property at 2207 Southeast Trilla Street, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On March 23, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 158.211, storage or accumulation of materials, refuse, and waste materials prohibited. Section 41.08, Hotel 1, exterior property areas, obstruction and swells prohibited. And Section 56.22, Bravo Roadway Swells, obstruction of swells. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on March 23, 2026. The respondent had until April 2, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, so a notice of hearing was furnished on May 5, 2026 by certified mail. On June 2, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. The recommendation is as follows. City requests that the respondent, I by Ugly LLC, be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 24, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition of the respondent fails to comply by June 24, 2026, the city requests the special magistrate authorize the city pursuant to section 162.08 subsection 5 of Florida statute to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to remove the obstruction of the swell and to regrade and re-saw the swell to its original state, the cost of which will be charged to respond at a later hearing. This is a vacant lot that was semi-cleared, if you will. This is just some of the piling of the dirt in the back. This was the day of the posting. The area in question is this area here. With this pile, it's blocking the drainage from this neighbor all the way down to the next neighbor So this this pile would be what needs to be removed and then restarted in this area and up to the property line on this side of the of that swell liner. This is just another picture from the road of that pile. This is just from the center area. And then this is the beginning of the pile on the right-hand side of the property. And this is just a photo taken from that neighbor that's further down. And this material would also have to be removed and re-sawed up to the property line. And that's it, sir.

So in terms of the abatement and the health safety welfare portion would be clearing out the that pile over top of the drainage regrading that and restarting that it would be the city right away, which was is just a few feet up above from that swell liner.

So they would be removing that area. So that way we can get the drainage taken care of again. And that would be done by Public Works. We would put that request into them.

Okay. Anything else you need to put into the record? No, sir. All right. Let's see. The respondent is not present, but the city has proper notice. With the notice documents contained in the file, based on the testimony and the evidence, I will find the property remains in violation as cited. Okay. Really, the violations are all interrelated, so they are all contributory factors to the health, safety and welfare situation that's being caused by the violations. So I will make that finding and I will grant all the relief requested by the city, including the June 24th compliance date and then authority to enter the property and abate and assess the costs after that.

Thank you, sir.

Number 24, Supervisor Laird reading in for Code Officer Herzog. Case number 26-07074. Respondent address is 1202 Southwest Jeanette Avenue.

This was the one they asked for a continuance on, right?

Yes, sir.

I think you emailed me and I denied it. Okay, go ahead. Good morning.

This case concerns a property at 1202 Southwest Jeanette Avenue, Portsmouth City, Florida. On April 29th, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 4109A, swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs, unmaintained pool. Section 4109B, swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs, and secured pool. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the times the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on April 29th, 2026. The respondent had until April 30th, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, so a notice of hearing was furnished on June 1st, 2026 by certified mail. On June 3rd, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. City requests that the respondents, Troy H. Lohr and Crystal Lohr, be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 18th, 2026. If not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondent fails to comply by June 18th, 2026, the City requests the Special Magistrate authorize the City pursuant to section 162.08 subsection of 5FS to enter upon Property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to abate the unsecured pool by securing it with a pool cover, cost of which will be charged to the respondents at a later hearing. Officer Herzog opened his case due to some screens that were initially missing from the enclosure. Since April, they have removed the entire enclosure to leave the pool exposed.

So there's nothing there now? No, sir.

They stated they're going to put a fence up by the end of the month. I'm not sure. I haven't seen any permits or anything yet, though.

Okay. Anything else from the city? All right. Let's see. The respondents are not present. However, I do find proper notice with the notice documents contained in the file. Based on the testimony and the evidence, I find the property remains in violation as cited, and I find that that violation clearly constitutes a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. uh being an unsecured and unmaintained swimming pool i will grant all the relief requested by the city uh including a compliance date of june 18th of 2026 and after that authority to enter the property abate the violations and assess the cost thank you yeah

Number 25, Code Officer Cachetis, case number 26-05771. Respondent address is 1085 Southwest Mataro Avenue.

Good morning, Your Honor. Good morning. Officer Cachetis, I've been sworn in. This case concerns the property at 1085 Southwest Mataro Avenue, Port St. Lucie, Florida on April 11th, 2026. An inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 4108B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. Section 158211, storage or accumulation of materials, refuse and waste materials prohibited. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on May 29, 2026. The respondent had until June 5, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, and so a notice of hearing was furnished on June 5, 2026 by certified mail. On June 5, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. The city requests the respondent, Chan S. DePonte, Mark DePonte, and Fala Lim, be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 24, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the property. In addition, If the respondent fails to comply, by June 24, 2026, the City requests the Special Magistrate authorize the City pursuant to Section 162.08 of Section 5.4 of the Statute, enter upon the property and bring the property into compliance and specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds and remove all open storage or accumulation of materials, refuse and waste materials prohibited, Cost of which will be charged to respond at a later hearing.

What is all that?

Those are bags of used water bottles. The resident, Ms. Chan DePonte, is currently not... available at the house she's incarcerated and prior to her incarceration this is what the police encountered and then called us to you know come in and take care of this however there was an active case at the time the police officers came there which was only for the high grass but i guess there are some mental health issues in this in residence that um Proceeded to her incarceration and then this is how the house was left. Okay So when I originally went out there the bags were not there it was just the high grass and Then there was a inoperable vehicle, which is no longer there so now we just have the storage of accumulation of the materials which are the bags and the high grass and weeds and As you can see, the high grass and weeds is to the back of the property and in the front here. And then just this stuff here in the front of the property, which we're asking to be removed, all of that stuff.

Okay. Respondents are not present. However, there is proper notice in this case. Based on the testimony and the evidence, property remains in violation as cited. The violations clearly constitute a threat to the public health, safety and welfare. I will grant all the relief requested by the city, including June 24th compliance date. And after that authority to enter the property, abate the violations and assess the cost. Thank you.

Your honor.

Number 26, code officer Mendoza case number 25 dash 15727. Responding address is 1330. I'm sorry. 1737 Southeast and EC street.

Log in your. This case concerns the property at 1737 Southeast and each street 14 was in Florida. On October 6, 2025, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. 158 to 11 storage or accumulations of materials refuse and waste materials prohibited. 4108A, exterior property areas, sidewalks, and drainage. 4108B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. 4108H1, exterior property areas, obstruction and swells prohibited. 4108D, exterior property areas, unmaintained accessory structures. 4110L, exterior structure, door in need of maintenance. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on April 13, 2026. The respondent had until April 20, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, so a notice of hearing was furnished on April 27, 2026 by certified mail. On June 4, 2026, property service was achieved by posting a property with a notice of hearing. The city requested the respondents be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 24th, 2026. And if not by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondents fails to comply by June 24th, 2026, the city requests the special magistrate authorize the city pursuant to Section 162.085 Florida statute 10 to upon the property. to bring the property into compliance, and specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds, the cost of which will be charged to the respondents at a later hearing. And the property is vacant. The garage door here is broken, as you can see there. High grass and weeds are on the left side where some of the open storage is and broken panels. That's the right side of the property with high grass. That's the front there. That's where the basketball court is obstructing as well. It's been there for a while. And that's the posting there. That's all I have, sir.

All right. Respondents are not present. City has proper notice. Based on the testimony and the evidence, I will find the property remains in violation as cited. The violation of City Code 4108B constitutes threat to the public health, safety, and welfare... I will grant all the relief requested by the city, including a compliance date of June 24th. After that, authority to enter the property, abate the high grass and weeds, and assess those costs.

Thank you, sir. Number 27, Code Officer Mendoza, case number 26-04724. Responding address is 451 Southeast Evans Avenue.

This case concerns a property at 451 Southeast Evans, Port St. Lucie, Florida, on March 26, 2026. An inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. 4108B, external property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on March 26, 2026. The respondent had until April 5th, 2026, to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such dates, so a notice of hearing was furnished on April 27th, 2026 by certified mail. On June 3rd, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with the notice of hearing. The city requested the respondents the order to comply with the decided provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie called by June 24th, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondents fail to comply by June 24, 2026, the city requested the special magistrate authorize the city pursuant to Section 162.085, Florida statute to enter upon the property and to bring the property into compliance specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds, the cost of which will be charged to the respondents at a later hearing. We have been requested many times to cut the grass on his vacant property. No response from the owners there. As you can see, it's very high grass and weeds. on the right side of property. That's the left side view. And that's the front of the property. Yeah. And there's the posting. And that's the right side of the property as well. That's all I have, sir.

Okay. uh let's see respondents are not present however the city has proper notice with the notice documents contained in the file based on the testimony and the evidence property remains in violation as cited violation clearly constitutes threat to the public health safety and welfare i will grant all the relief requested by the city including compliance date of june 24th 2026 and after that authority to enter the property abate and assess the costs

Number 28, Code Officer Mendoza, case number 26-05372. Respondent address is 2237 Southeast Trillo Street.

This case concerns the property at 2237 Southeast Trillo, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On April 4th, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. 4108B, exterior property has high grass and weeds over 12 inches. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on April 15, 2026. The respondent had until April 25, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such dates, and so a notice of hearing was furnished on April 24, 2026 by a certified mail. On June 3, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. The City requested the respondents be ordered to comply with the cited provision of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 24, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondents fail to comply by June 24, 2026, the City requests the Special Magistrate authorize the City pursuant to Section 162.085, Florida Statute of Independence upon the property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds, the cost of which will be charged to the respondents at a later hearing. This property is vacant. The vehicles that there belong to a case that is on another property. So those vehicles have been removed. Okay. So he was parking there, which he should have not been, but that's been taken care of.

Okay.

All right. It was recently taken care of, so that's why you see the pictures of all the vehicles. That wasn't supposed to be there. Apologies for that. Right there, you can see the back, high grass and weeds, and on the right side.

Yeah.

And this is the front side. There is a separate case for everything else on the property.

That's all I have, sir. Okay. Respondents or not? The respondent is not present at this morning's hearing. However, the city has proper notice. Based on the testimony and the evidence, the property remains in violation as cited, and that violation clearly constitutes a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. I will grant all the relief requested by the city, including June 24th compliance date, and after that, authority to enter the property, abate, and assess the costs.

Thank you, sir.

Number 29, Code Officer Miller, case number 26-07978, responding address is 1402 Southeast Navajo Lane.

Good morning, Code Officer Miller. Good morning. Good morning. And this case concerns the property at 1402 Southeast Navajo Lane, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On May 15th, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 41.09, subsection B, swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs, unsecured pool. Section 41.08B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. Section 41.09A, swimming pools, spas, and hot tubs, unmaintained pool. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on May 26, 2026. The respondent had until May 27, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, and so a notice of hearing was furnished on May 27, 2026 by certified mail. On June 4, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing, a recommendation, The City requests that the respondent be ordered to comply with the cited provision of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 18, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondent fails to comply by June 18, 2026, the City requests the Special Magistrate authorize the City, pursuant to Section 162.08 of Section 5, Florida Statute, to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to abate the unsecured pool by securing it with a pool cover and to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds, the cost of which will be charged to the respondent at a later hearing. So here we have, that's the pool there. There's a fence on the inside of that. On here, there's one of the screens that's torn on the bottom left. Then you've got the high grass and weeds. This is the exterior structure. There's high grass weeds in the front and this is in the back where it's really high. That's another picture of the front. Same thing on the side. This is a better picture of the backyard. There's the posting.

and there's a you can still see the screen on the bottom there isn't fully attached and the pool is pretty green okay respondents are not present however the city has proper notice with the notice documents in the file property remains in violation is cited all those violations constitute threats to the public health safety and welfare I will grant all the relief requested by the city, June 18th compliance date, and after that, authority to enter the property, abate both the unsecured pool and the high grass and weeds. Thank you.

Yes, sir. Number 30, Supervisor Owens, case number 26-04684. Respondent address is 3533 Southeast Gate Court.

Are there any code sections there not in violation? A few.

Ready, yes, by all means supervisor Owens previously sworn. This case concerns a property at 3533 Southeast Gay Court, Port St. Lucie, FL on March 25th, 2026 and inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations section 4110 G exterior structure, roof and or drainage in need of maintenance. Section 4110B, exterior structure, exterior structure in need of maintenance. Section 4110F, exterior structure, structure in need of maintenance. Section 4110D, exterior structure, structural member in need of maintenance. Section 4110L, exterior structure, door in need of maintenance. Section 4118D, mechanical and electrical requirements. Section 4108B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. Section 158.211, storage or accumulation of materials refuse and waste materials prohibited. SECTION 15405C, RESPONSIBILITY AND OVERGROWTH. SECTION 4110A, EXTERIOR STRUCTURE IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE. SECTION 4105, UNSAFE STRUCTURES AND EQUIPMENT. SECTION 4108A, EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREA, SIDEWALKS AND DRAINAGE. SECTION 4108D, EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREA UNMAINTAINED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. SECTION 4110C2, EXTERIOR STRUCTURE, NO VISIBLE ADDRESS NUMBERS. Section 4110 K1, exterior structure, structure in need of maintenance. Section 4111A, interior structure, structure and equipment in need of maintenance. Section 4118E, mechanical and electrical requirements. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of hearing was furnished on April 23rd, 2026 by certified mail. On June 2nd, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. The city requests the respondents, Janet M. Perez, be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie by June 24th, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondents fail to comply by June 24th, 2026 the city requests a special magistrate authorized the city pursuant to section 162 o 8 subsection 5 of the Florida statute to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds the cost of which will be charged to the respondent at a later hearing was this a fire correct yeah the fire was about a year ago August of last year I believe So you can see this would be the structural members in need of maintenance. All these two by fours and four by fours and the newer trusses within the garage. Basically, the roof burned to the ground and they're holding up what's left with unpermitted structure. This is a picture of the rear. You'll see some of them have later dates because or earlier dates. I apologize because there was an open fence and it And the property is vacant, but they have since secured that fence, so there's no pictures to update these photos.

Okay.

So you'll see some open storage in the rear. Again, this is the unsafe conditions of the interior. This is a cracked, broken window in the rear. The broken window violation also pertains to framing around windows and doors, the K. So that would be also a violation for that. This is your unmaintained fence in the rear, some open storage, more of the fencing that's falling apart. Another photo of more open storage in the rear. Again, just an interior photo of you can see the failing trusses and the lack of electrical that is required to be inside. This was the gate at the time it was open. Another part of the failing fence. Same in there, a piece of open storage on the exterior of the backyard. This here is the driveway situation where the fire actually caused pitting and damage to the driveway. That may need to be grinded to be smoothed out. This is your, you see the pepper trees within this is the overgrowth and responsibility, also high grass throughout this area. This is the one side this this is actually a door that's been boarded shut, which would be a violation of the door. Issue you see the soffits that are missing here as well. This is a picture of the high grass. The yellow mark right here is 12 inches. You can see we have some areas that are up to 18, which is the green mark. That's just a double picture. This is to show the unsafe structure which is approved by building. They posted that. And then they have secured the entrance to the property by boarding all the doors, but they are not the approved doors, so they're still in violation of the door. And this is to show even more. This beam right here, it looks like it's a 4x6, is actually bolted to the exterior of the wall and holding the roof up with several makeshift trusses and joists there and a ledger board. Unpermitted? Correct. This was, I guess, just to secure the property temporarily. And you can see the fire damage, the unsanitary conditions of the soot and all the exterior need of maintenance to require all that to be cleaned up. And then just another picture of how badly burned the roof overhang is. This is the scorched numbers that are no longer present on the building under C. Oh, yeah. That it used to be a coach sconce lighting that was there that fell and some of the wires are exposed on the end This is a better picture of the pepper tree Just another angle to show you how bad pit it the driveway is this is our posting along with a posting from the building department and For the wall you can see that the crack and separation through here and this side as well that whole corner is basically separated from the sheer heat and And then these down here are the exposed wiring under 18E. And that's just a better photo of the cracked and damaged on the left side of the property, which is mostly, most of the damage is the garage itself. And this is what the interior looked like before they boarded it, which there are several violations in that. And some of these pictures are just going to be, we're back at the top actually, sir.

Is there a plan to demolish or rebuild or has it been abandoned?

I have been in constant contact with the respondent. She is pulling permits. They're attempting to remodel. There has been some back and forth between them and building. For our purpose, we would need to see active construction to be comfortable. Okay.

And then in terms of the only abatement you're seeking is the high grass. Correct. All right. All right. Respondent is not present. However, the city has proper notice. I will find the property remains in violation as cited. Find the violation of city code 4108B constitutes threat to the health, safety, and welfare of the community. And I will grant all the relief requested by the city, including June 24th compliance date. And after that authority to enter the property, abate the high grass and weeds and assess the costs.

Number 31 code officer Pico case number 26 dash 05727. Respondent address is 1162 Southwest Aroso Boulevard.

Good morning. Good morning. Code Officer Pico, previously sworn in. This case concerns the property at 1162 Southwest Aroso Boulevard, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On April 22nd, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 41.08B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on April 22, 2026. The respondent had until April 28, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, and so a notice of hearing was furnished on May 7, 2026 by certified mail. On June 2, 2026, proper service was achieved by posting the property with a notice of hearing. The City requests that the respondents be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the City of Port St. Lucie Code by June 24, 2026, and if not in compliance by that date, then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property. In addition, if the respondents failed to comply by June 24th, 2026, the city requests that the special magistrate authorized the city pursuant to section 162.08 subsection five Florida statute to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds, the cost of which will be charged to the respondent at a later hearing. This is along the left side of the property.

And it extends all the way into the backyard as well.

And the posting.

Let's see. Respondents are not present at this morning's hearing. However, the city has proper notice. I will find the property remains in violation as cited. I find that that violation clearly constitutes threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. I'll grant all the relief requested by the city, including June 24th compliance date and authority to enter the property and abate and assess the costs after that.

Number 32, Code Officer Pico, case number 26-08693. Respondent address is 143 Southwest Grove Ave.

This case concerns the property at 143 Southwest Grove Ave, Port St. Lucie, Florida. On May 26, 2026, an inspection was done and photos taken showing the following violations. Section 41.08B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. The photos depict an accurate representation of the property at the time the photos were taken. A notice of violation was issued on May 26, 2026. The respondent had until June 1, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Compliance was not achieved by such date, and so a notice of hearing was furnished. on june 4th 2026 by certified mail on june 4th 2026 proper service was achieved by posting the property with the notice of hearing the city requests that the respondents be ordered to comply with the cited provisions of the city of port st lucie code by june 24th 2026 and if not in compliance by that date then a hearing be held to determine a fine to be imposed against the subject property In addition, if the respondent fails to comply by June 24th, 2026, the city requests the special magistrate authorized the city pursuant to section 162.085 Florida statute to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance and specifically to cut and maintain the high grass and weeds, the cost of which will be charged to the respondent at a later hearing. So the grass is well over three feet around the entire property.

Okay. Yeah. All right. Respondent is not present this morning. However, the city has proper notice. Evidence clearly shows property remains in violation and that that violation constitutes threat to the public health, safety, and welfare. I will grant the relief requested by the city, set compliance for June 24th, 2026 and after that city is authorized to enter the property, abate the violation and assess the costs.

Thank you. We'll now move on to the certification of fines hearing section of special requests. Number 46 code officer Miller case number 25 dash 18417. Respondent address is 836 Southwest McComb Avenue.

Good morning. This case concerns the property at 836 Southwest Macomb Avenue. A violation hearing was held on March 4, 2026. Based on the evidence provided on that date, the special magistrate found that the violation existed and ordered compliance be achieved by March 11, 2026. And if compliance is not achieved, then authorize the city to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance. The following violations were section 41.08 , exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. For neighborhood services department records, compliance is not achieved by March 11, 2026. The city took steps to abate the violation. The violation was abated on June 10, 2026. Neighborhood services maintains A copy of the entire case file is a public record. The photos taken truly and accurately represent the scene as it appeared on the dates of the inspections. Recommendation, due to the respondent failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing, the city requests that the respondent be ordered to pay the cost in the amount of $225 for its repairs to bring the property into compliance as previously authorized. The city also requests the respondent to pay administrative costs in the amount of $411 representing reasonable costs of the investigation and prosecution of this case. So here's a photo after it was cut. And this was prior to being cut, all the high grass down here on the side. And that's the posting of the property.

All right. Respondents are not present this morning. However, the city has proper notice. We'll find the property did not comply with the... Violation hearing order from March 4th. However, the city abated the violation, which brought the property into compliance. So I will grant the relief requested by the city award the 225 dollar abatement costs and assess the 411 dollar administrative costs.

Thank you.

Number 47, Code Officer Pico, case number 26-00335. Respondent address is 295 Southwest Holden Terrace.

Code Officer Pico, previously sworn in. This case concerns the property at 295 Southwest Holden Terrace. A violation hearing was held on February 11, 2026. Based on evidence provided on that date, the special magistrate found the violation existed and ordered compliance be achieved by February 18, 2026. And if compliance not achieved, then authorized the city of Port St. Lucie to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance. The following violations were Section 41.08B, exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. Per Neighborhood Services Department records, compliance was not achieved by February 18, 2026. The city took steps to abate the violation. The violation was abated on April 22, 2026. Neighborhood Services maintains a copy of the entire case file as public record. The photos taken truly and accurately represent the scene as it appeared on the dates of the inspections. Due to the respondent's failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing, the city requests that the respondent be ordered to pay costs in the amount of $225 for its repairs to bring the property into compliance as previously authorized. The city also requests that the respondent pay administrative costs in the amount of $411, representing reasonable costs of the investigation and prosecution of this case. This was before the property was cut. And this is the after.

Okay. And the posting. Respondents are not present this morning. However, the city has proper notice. I will find property did not comply with the order finding violation. But the city had to enter the property and abate, which brought it into compliance. So I will... Grant the relief requested by the city. I will assess the $225 abatement costs and award the administrative costs in this case of $411.

Number 48, Code Officer Williams, case number 26-02471. Respondent address is 0 Southwest Biltmore Street.

Good morning, Your Honor. Good morning. Officer Williams, previously sworn. This case concerns the property at 0 Southwest Biltmore Street, parcel ID 342056022560003. Violation hearing was held on May 13, 2026. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED ON THAT DATE, SPECIAL MEDISTRATE FOUND VIOLATIONS EXISTED IN ORDER TO COMPLIANCE BE ACHIEVED BY MAY 20, 2026, AND IF COMPLIANCE NOT ACHIEVED, THEN AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ENTER UPON THE PROPERTY AND BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. FOLLOWING VIOLATIONS WERE STORAGE OR ACCUMULATION OF MATERIALS, REFUSE AND WASTE MATERIALS, PROHIBITED, SECTION 158.211, YOUR HONOR, SECTION 154.05C, RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERGROWTH, AND SECTION 4108D, EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS, UNMAINTAINED ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. Per Neighborhood Services Department records, compliance was not achieved by May 20, 2026. City took steps to abate the violation. The violation, Section 154.05C, Responsibility for Overgrowth, was abated on May 29, 2026. Neighborhood Services maintains a copy of the entire case file as public record. The photos taken truly and accurately represent the scene as it appeared on the dates of the inspections. Due to the respondent's failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing, City requests Special Magistrate order a fine to be certified in the amount of $50 per day up to a maximum of $50,000 for the period of noncompliance from May 20th, 2026. City requests that respondent be ordered to pay costing the amount of $3,000 and future costs for repairs to bring the property into compliance as previously authorized. Finally, the city requests the respondent pay administrative costs in the amount of $411, representing reasonable costs of the investigation and prosecution of this case. In addition, due to the respondent's failure to comply, see to request special magistrate authorize the city pursuant to section 162.08 and subsection 5 of the Florida statutes enter upon the property and bring the property into compliance and specifically remove and or repair fence, unmaintained accessory structure due to life safety issues, the cost of which will be charged to the respondent. If you remember, Your Honor, you gave us permission to abate overgrowth and a bunch of open storage that was left out at this property. built more that has since been done in the process of doing that though the unmaintained accessory structure being the fence actually became a life safety issue because this fenced in area here as you can see I've circled where the fence is open and this is a large retention area okay water so we would like that basically get a vendor to repair that fence and secure the area

Okay, let's see. There's nobody here on behalf of the respondent, but the city has proper notice. I will find property remains in violation, did not comply with the order from the May 13th hearing. I will grant all the relief requested by the city in this case. So let's see. Certifying the fine at the amount of $50 a day up to the maximum of $50,000 beginning May 20th. Pay the incurred abatement costs of $3,000 to date and award the administrative costs of $411. And I will authorize the city to further enter the property and further abate to secure uh i guess repair the fence and you explain that's a retention pond in there so that needs to be correct and assess those costs as well that cover it all i believe so i think so

Number 49, Code Officer Wise, case number 25-17869. Respondent address is 1101 Southeast Menores Avenue.

Court officer Wise, I've been previously sworn. This case concerns the property at 1101 Southeast Menorah Avenue. A violation hearing was held on February 11th, 2026. Based on evidence provided on that date, the special magistrate found that violations existed and ordered compliance to be achieved by February 18th, 2026. And if not, if compliance not achieved, then authorize the city to enter upon the property to bring the property into compliance. The following violations were section 41.08, subsection B is in Bravo. Exterior property areas, high grass and weeds over 12 inches. Section 158.211, storage or accumulation of materials, refuse and waste materials prohibited. And section 41.08D is in Delta. Exterior property areas, unmaintained accessory structure. Per neighborhood services department records compliance was not achieved by February 18th, 2026. The city took steps to abate the violations. The violation section 41.08 B is in Bravo exterior property areas. High grass and weeds over 12 inches was abated on March 13th, 2026. Neighborhood services maintains a copy of the entire case file as public record. The photos truly taken truly. And accurately represent the scene as it appeared on the dates and the inspections. Do the respondents failure to comply with the deadline set forth at the violation hearing the city requests that the special ministry order a fine to be certified in the amount of 50 dollars. Per day up to a maximum of 50,000 dollars. For the period of non compliance from February 18th, 2026, the city. Also request to respond to be ordered to pay costs in the amount of 225 dollars. For its repairs to bring the property and a compliance as previously authorized. Finally, the city request. That respondents pay administrative costs in the amount of 411 dollars representing reasonable costs of the investigation and prosecution of the case. All right. Here is the posting. The unmaintained accessory structure is still the missing screens on the back porch back here on the pool enclosure. The pool is secured. We, uh, we covered the pool in a previous case. Okay. Then here's the open storage on the other side of the house. And this is,

front of the home we cut like i said we cut the grass back in uh march i do have another active case right now for the high grass again okay uh let's see respondents are not present however the city has proper notice i find the property remains in violation did not comply with the order from the february 11th violation hearing um I will grant all the relief requested by the city will certify the fine in the amount of $50 a day up to a maximum of $50,000 for the period of noncompliance beginning February 18th of this year. There was abatement activity which was resulted in costs of $225. I will award that to the city and assess the administrative costs for the bringing the case in the amount of $411. Thank you, sir. Thank you.

We've now completed all cases with special requests. I can go ahead and read on record the notice on how we noticed the alleged violators who are not present.

Thank you.

A notice of hearing or a notice of the certification of fine was sent to the violator by certified mail return receipt requested to the address listed in a tax collector's office for tax notices or to the address listed in the county's property appraiser's database. If the green card was returned, it was placed in the file and is either signed, unsigned, or unclaimed. Ten days before the hearing, the agenda was posted on the bulletin board in the lobby of Port St. Lucie City Hall. Also, a notice of hearing was posted on the property in question with an affidavit of posting, which included a copy of the notice posted and the date and places of its posting. If the certification card was not returned to the Neighborhood Services Department, then within 10 days before the hearing, posting is completed in the same manner as if the card was returned unclaimed as stated above. The photos shown at today's hearing are kept and maintained as public records of the City of Port St. Lucie's Neighborhood Services Department.

Regarding the following cases entered into public record, our code compliance officers inspected the property and found the violations to exist. A reasonable date for compliance was subsequently given, but upon reinspection, it was confirmed that compliance was not achieved. A formal notice of hearing was issued for today's hearing, and the respondent has failed to appear. The city requests that these cases be found in violation of their respective listed code sections and be given until June 24th, 2026 to bring the property into compliance. Should compliance not be met, the city requests that a future hearing be scheduled to determine and oppose an appropriate fine. Can we please place those cases on the record?

Number eight, case number 26-03580. Respondent address is 2525 Southeast Mariposa Avenue. Number 10, case number 25-09030. Respondent address is 1189 Southeast Preston Lane. Number 11, case number 25-17645. Respondent address is 1433 Southwest O'Donnell Lane. 12. Case No. 25-09624. Respondent Address is 265 Southeast Twigg Avenue. 13. Case No. 25-16496. Respondent Address is 1177 Southeast Aroso Boulevard. 14. Case number 26-02135. Respondent address is 226 Southwest Crescent Avenue. 15. Case number 26-02940. Respondent address is 361 Southwest Thornhill Drive. Number 17, case number 25-12929. Respondent address is 3100 Southeast Morningside Boulevard. Number 18, case number 25-17797. Respondent address is 1269 Southeast Petunia Avenue. And number 21, case number 26-05511. Respondent address is 1102 Southeast Petunia Avenue.

Regarding the following cases entered into public record, a violation hearing was held and a date of compliance was issued by the special magistrate. Upon re-inspection by a code compliance officer, it was determined that compliance has not been achieved for the violations of the respected listed sections of the code. A formal notice of hearing was issued for today's hearing and the respondent has failed to appear. The city requests that these fines be certified and administrative costs be assessed and awarded to the city. Can we read those into record?

Number 34, case number 25-1004, respondent address 542 Southeast C House Drive. Number 36, case number 25-17651, respondent address is 1952 Southeast Maynard Lane. Number 37, case number 25-10168. Respondent address is 250 Southwest Pagoda Terrace. Number 38, case number 25-11615. Respondent address is 222 Southwest Chandler Terrace. Number 39, case number 25-12756. Respondent address is 237 Southwest Starfish Avenue. Number 40, case number 25-14380. Respondent address is 480 Southwest Lakehurst Drive. Number 41, case number 25-16010, respondent address is 301 Southwest Lucero Drive. Number 42, case number 26-00254, respondent address is 365 Southwest Todd Avenue. Number 43, case number 25-0808634, respondent address is 1491 Southeast Graveland Avenue. And number 45, case number 25-18556, respondent address is 2949 Southeast Treasure Island Road.

All right, thank you. I will find proper notice for all of those based on the notice procedure that was used, and I'll sign the appropriate orders on those. All right, looks like we made it to the end of the agenda. Is there any public to be heard? Seeing none, is there anything else for the good of the order before we adjourn this morning?

No, sir.

Then we've concluded the agenda and finished our business at 10.48 a.m. We are adjourned.

Thank you.