Blight committee ponders razing sound structures --

[sheclown]

Will utilize cameras in repeat crime and dumping areas.  They have chosen cameras and approval has been signed.  Expecting to have fast compliance from habitual duping.  Going to add to patrol officers responsibilities too.  Will use covert cameras for high crime areas.  Some of them already out there.  Police work has changed.  Can't just arrest everybody and expect to fix it cause the next thugs or thugettes just move in

[sheclown]

"So we have to fix issues. Identify individuals who are the problem.  They will offer them alternative solutions.  Change how we do business.  For example they caught wind of illegal boarding houses, went out with mccd and look into 3 of them. one had 14 rooms.  Another example are the No Trespassing orders they were working on.  But they had 71 properties and only got 3 signed by owners.  So they walked the street and got businesses to allow them to put up no loitering signs.  This is working.

[sheclown]

"Through this they got a guy with a robbery warrant yesterday.  Baby steps they are starting to work  Will always do what we can legally, to fix the problem."

[sheclown]

Cressembeni appreciates Ivy's passion on this issue.  Cres. is questioning Ivy about the every2 week meeting with the Sheriff and every commander that covers every crime that happened in the last 2 weeks.

[sheclown]

Ivy reports that they are somewhat pleased with operation ceasefire in the first 45 days. 

Jones reported they are still working structures 50 years and older and certificates of use issues.   They will do as quickly as possible and they will do it legally.

[AuditoreEnterprise]

Assigned to subcommittee (that met yesterday - wonder if it was a noticed meeting).  But CMs will comment now.  Jones wants to see mothball legislation and is working on defining historic.

He doesn't need to work on anything... A simple word search in the statutes will lead to one reference that refers you to the building code for a definition of a historic structure.

Chapter 11 - Historic Building: for the purposes of this code and the referenced documents, an historic building is defined as a building or structure that is:
1. Individually listed on the National Register of Historic places
2. A contributing property in a National Register of Historic places listed District; or
3. Designated as historic property under an official municipal, county, special district or state designation, law, ordinance or resolution either individually or as a contributing property in a district; or
4. Determined eligible by the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as a contributing property in a district.

Now that being said it is also common for nearly every state to contain the exact same chapter in their building code. Ironically they are all labeled "Historic Buildings." I would think that the people in office assigned to manage financials and write laws and such would have, at least, the know how to do a basic "find" search on our own legislation before they try and pass something off as not being clearly stated.

Original statute referencing a historic building. Keep in mind it is the only time that word is mentioned in the statutes per the search.

F.S. 553.79(18)(b)4. A Historic Building is defined in the Florida Building Code.

[sheclown]

Next up Prado on 13th and Moncrief.  He reported the one property owner would not allow mccd in to inspect.  They said they'd move on to Special Master.  Prado says owner finally allowed inspection of store and all non-occupied properties.  They must get consent from tenants to inspect occupied.

[sheclown]

There was a special magistrate hearing on July 22 that gave owner 30 days to fix store and 60 days on residential  They will keep following up and if he hasn't fixed everything they will ask for $250 a day rolling fines, on each of 12 chases.  Then they will move to foreclosure action.

[sheclown]

Cress. asked Prado to confirm there are existing fines and wants to know if the existing fines could allow foreclosure.  Prado will get back to committee before the end of the day.   Maybe they can move forward with foreclosure action without waiting. 

Lee agrees and wants Prado to bring files with him in the future.  Lee has been trying to shut this property down for 25 years.  Says the owner is playing us, abusing government, abusing the system.

[sheclown]

She asked the room to pass by the houses and confirm they need to be town down.  Lee says whatever laws we have right now aren't working.  She asked Prado to look at all similar cases and bring a report to next meeting.

Jones looked it up and sees owner is $9000 behind on back taxes.  Tax cert has been issued for 2013 and 2014.

OGC stated tax cert holder can't foreclose for 2 years.  City can foreclose and or sell with tax cert in place .

Next up:  organizing neighborhoods.

[sheclown]

Lee says we need to spend money to organize the neighborhoods, wants it in the budget.  If these neighborhoods were organized the way their supposed to be many if the problems discussed today wouldn't exist

[sheclown]

Cressembeni will look at this in budget meeting.   Said that current neighborhood dept is at risk due to loss of funding

[sheclown]

Not all neighborhoods are represented on CPACs (but they could)

[sheclown]

There are 599 neighborhood organizations, but some neighborhood has more than 1 organization.   Lee asked that they come back next time with actual neighborhood list. Asked that there be a system in place to add and delete as they come and go.

[sheclown]

Lee asked cressembeni to would with neighborhood dept to work on the list