Substandard Structure Review Board - Regular Meeting

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. Is there anyone in the audience who'd like to make a public comment today? Is there anyone on the board that'd like to make a public comment? Okay, we're gonna move on to the regular agenda. Item 4.1, discussion of possible action. Approve the minutes for the July 15, 2026 substandard structure review board meeting. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. Is there a second?

I'll second.

All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Item 4.2, report from the building official regarding the status of the property located at 119 East Kingfish Street. Legal description, Padre Beach, Section 5, Lot 11, Block 63, and the status of compliance of the SSRB orders. How you doing today? Good afternoon, Chairman and board members.

How you doing? Pretty good, pretty good. All right, good. So just a quick update on 118 East Kingfish. Mr. Maldonado was not able to attend, I believe. However, he finally poured concrete for his driveway and the right-of-way portion as well, as you can see on this picture. So the property has been graded. The dumpster was removed as well as the portable restroom. And he's moving on, he's making some progress on the inside of the house as you can see on the next pictures. It's partially painted. It has shower liners on most of the bathrooms. The stairway is still incomplete. But he had most of the interior doors inside the property as well. There's one shower almost ready. The tile crew was at the house when we showed up and inspected it. Part of the baseboard and trim has been installed. However, as mentioned on previous meetings, some of the rear doors haven't been installed. I believe those are gonna be custom doors, or they, Mr. Maldonado was planning to install some type of custom door, which is not very common. That's what he told us. That's the exterior door on top? Exterior door. This is first floor facing the back of the property.

Is that the only door that's left to finish the dry-in? Yes, sir. As of last week, yes. What's the timeline on the doors to get that dried in?

He didn't mention time. He is, as we remember from the previous meeting, covering the walls, the openings with OSB board. So in my opinion, we're anything between three to four months from finishing the house completely.

Okay, I see there's a gentleman in the back that wants to speak on behalf of the property. You want to come up to the microphone, introduce yourself, please. Okay.

Hi, my name is Jerry Gonzalez. I'm the GC for that property as we speak. Doors should be coming in on Thursday, next Thursday. so they should be installed by Friday. But he's right, three to four months is more or less the time for completion.

Great, thank you. Any questions for Philae? No. Okay, we're gonna move on to item B, discussion possible action regarding the property located at 119 East Kingfish Street, legal description Padre Beach, section five, lot 11, block 63, including the issuance of additional orders. Are they gonna make Christmas?

Hmm.

No, if they keep moving like they're doing right now, there's a possibility that they can be done by the end of the year, yes.

Okay, that's fantastic. I've been by there three times. I've seen people working all three, so that's good news. I don't think we need any additional orders or action at this time, so I'll make a motion. We'll bring this back in eight weeks, take a look at it again. That's the motion. Is there a second?

Second.

All in favor, please say aye.

Aye.

Any discussion? Motion carries. Item 4.3, report from the building official regarding the status of the property located at 6401 Padre Boulevard, legal description track 9A, Padre Beach Estates Subdivision, 2020 replot C1-3861, CCRMA file 0404-2019 on the status and compliance of the SSRB orders.

Good afternoon, Chairman and board members. So we finally issued a temporary construction permit so that Mr. Amoyal was able to restart the construction of his project. And as you can see, this is a copy of the permit that we issued. We consulted with city administration and charged $4,000 of the total permit fee, which we were considering 80% of the original permit fee based on the progress that they have made. So we charged them 50%, which is $4,000, as you can see on the bottom of your screen. And we... included some conditions which read reinstating new commercial shopping mall permit. Permit fee is based on 50% of the total, 80% based on progress of construction. And as mentioned on previous meetings, Mr. Amoyal was able to submit The fifty thousand dollars license permit bond, which is required for general contractors, property owners or homeowners who are working on construction projects, or are trying to obtain a building permit. So. We didn't put any pictures of the progress because Mr. Troy Giles made us that favor, and we're going to show them here in a bit.

Okay, there it is.

Okay, so this is just a letter where Mr. Amoyal is giving Mr. Giles permission to represent him during the meetings, and any emails or information that we send to Mr. Amoyal, we're including Mr. Giles. So this is the pictures that were sent from him. We have Mr. Solorio, the engineer of record, as well as the architect that's the general contractor as well. You can see Mr. Ramoyal there. So they started bringing a truckload of cinder block to continue with the construction of the walls. That picture is the first truckload. And we have some videos here.

Here we go. It's going great.

What's it going to be here?

It is going to be, this is going to be called Sean's Castle. Sean's Castle. I'm going to pull in right here. Pull to the right. Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy.

I'm glad you're not driving, Troy.

Anyway. Thank you. We've got a bunch of people parked and...

So yeah, part of the leftover material that was on the adjacent lot has been moved. And according to them, it is going to be used during the construction. There's the loader bringing part of the tinder block that was still on the adjacent property.

Oh, shit. Get it out there.

That's a video. It doesn't have the same quality, but yeah, they're bringing the pallets down. And something we didn't have a chance to include because of the times, but last week they renewed, the electrician renewed the electrical permit and requested an inspection for the temporary construction pole. So yes, they requested an inspection to have temporary power, and the plumber came and also renewed the plumbing permit, so they're getting ready to have a temporary water meter as well. They haven't requested any other inspections other than the temporary construction pole, but yes, this is what they have done so far.

They give you a temporary timeline for CO, best guess? Not yet. Troy, come up to the mic, please.

We had already presented it on previous meetings, but it was the same one, I believe.

I don't have that doc, I'm sorry.

Pardon me, I don't have that document with me, but it was, they're still on that same schedule.

I don't know what it is. Is there any questions for Philae?

Yeah, there's a document in the packet that says final inspection and CO between April 20th and April 30th of 2027.

Sounds good to me. Yeah. I'll let you know whenever.

Any other questions for Philae or Mr. Giles? Okay, we're gonna move on to item B, discussion of possible action regarding the property located at 6401 Padre Boulevard, legal description, track 9A, Padre Beach State Subdivision, 2020, re-plot section C-13861, CCMR, filed 0404-2019, including the issuance of additional orders and the waiver of permit fee associated with the construction at the property, and the required construction bond, required issuance of waiver, Requirement of the surety bond or letter of credit. Philae.

Yes, so I believe that document is included on the packet as well, where the bank was telling us that the $75,000 surety bond or letter of credit will cause problems later on for Mr. Amoyal to be able to obtain the full amount for the construction loan. So we presented it to Mr. Ed, the city attorney, and he suggested that only the board could determine if that requirement could be waived. And same thing with the permit fee. You know, just in order to help Mr. Amoyal move forward with the permit. with his project and to restart his project, we decided to give him a temporary construction permit, which is what we presented. But yes, it is gonna be up to you, Chairman, and the board members to see if As requested by Mr. Amoyal, the $75,000 surety bond or letter of credit can be waived as well as part of the remaining permit fee.

I'm going to make a motion, and then we'll have discussion. I'd like to make a motion we suspend the issuance of the surety bond at this time as long as construction continues. Is there a second?

I'll second. Repeat that one more time, sir.

I made a motion to suspend the issuance of a surety bond. That means he does not have to put up a bond at this time as long as construction continues. If the construction stops for any prolonged period of time, then we're going to come back here and we're going to make him put that bond up.

Sounds good.

It sounds great. And we're going to get a property on a tax roll, so don't argue with this one, Troy.

Okay, I got it.

Is there any questions for Philae or Mr. Giles? Okay, we have a motion and a second. All in favor, please say aye. Aye. Aye. Anyone opposed? Motion carries. Thank you, we're adjourned.

Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, sir.

Okay.