[Special Magistrate on March 16, 2021.]
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FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN FOR MARCH 16 2021 OF YOU ALL. AND ENJOY ME AND THE ALLEGEDLY YEAH. OKAY? TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION. ALWAYS DELIVERS. ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE BE SEATED. MORNING EVERYONE AND I UNDERSTAND AH! MOST OF THE CASES HAVE COMPLIED. AND, UM THIS PRESS YOU'VE GOT, UM. I GUESS A LITTLE BIT OF TESTIMONY ON THOSE CASES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT. THE STATUS OF THE. CLAUDIUS TAYLOR CASES THEREFORE THOSE YES, SO IF YOU'LL RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. USE WHERE FROM THE TESTIMONY ABOUT TO GIVE WILL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD. YES, SIR. OKAY? SO WHENEVER WHENEVER YOU WANT TO START, GO AHEAD. LET'S BREAK.
BUT AS YOU STATED, UM, CASE NUMBERS. 21 038 ON AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH 21 034. UM, HAVE SINCE BEEN COMPLIED. UM AT THIS TIME. THE. VILLAGE DOESN'T HAVE A POSITION ON ATTAINING OF FINDING A FACT ON THESE CASES, SEEING AS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME OFFENSE. UM. ALL RIGHT. I SEE THE NAME LEONARD, JOHN AND LORI LOU LEONARD, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEIR BUSINESS AS WELL.
PERHAPS, MR LANA, IT'S BUSINESS. ON. IT WAS ALL FOR UM. JUST FEELING TO OBTAIN BUILDING PERMIT. YES, SIR. REQUIRED BUILDING PERMIT, HAVE THEY HAVE THEY SINCE. OBTAINED THE BUILDING PERMIT. YES YEAH, THEY SUBMITTED SURVEYS AND AS WELL AS THE FINAL PAYMENTS ON THE BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS FOR EACH PARCEL. OKAY? UM. WELL. AND WHEN DID THEY ACTUALLY OBTAINED? THE PERMIT WAS AFTER THE TIME YOU SET FOR COMPLIANCE OR BEFORE. IT WAS SLIGHTLY AFTER THE TIME OFF, SET FOR COMPLIANCE. UM. I THINK WHAT MAY HAVE HELD THE RESPONDED BACK A TAD BIT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF FINANCIAL RESTRAINT. JUST SEEING AS THE THERE WAS, UM. YOU KNOW QUITE A SIGNIFICANT COSTS AND NOT ONLY ATTAINING THE SURVEY FOR EACH PARCEL, BUT THE PAYMENT, SEEING AS IT WAS AFTER THE FACT. UM, FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE PARCELS, ALL RIGHT, AND UM. HE'S STUDIED. YOU DON'T HAVE A POSITION ON GETTING AN ORDER OF. THEY'RE NOT TO REPEAT, BUT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD THAT. THAT THIS PARTICULAR VIOLATION WILL RE OCCUR. UM. NOT ENTIRELY AND THE MAIN REASON FOR THAT IS, UM. THIS IS A SET OF PARCELS THAT ARE. ONE ALONG ONE ALONGSIDE THE OTHER. I MEAN, THEY MAKE UP ABOUT 16 ACRES, UM. AND SEEING AS THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPERTIES. I DON'T I DON'T FIRST SEE THE RESPONDENT.
YOU KNOW? OKAY COMING IN TO BUY ME, MR. MR POLETTI, THE PARCELS THAT ROBERT'S REFERRING TO IS VACANT PROPERTIES AND THERE USED TO BE COWS ON IT. SO THE GENTLEMAN DECIDED HE WANTED TO PUT THIS WOOD FENCE LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN IT DID BEFORE. IT'S NOT THE WIRE. TYPICAL COLIN CLOTHES THAT YOU SEE IT, IT ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE LOOK OF THAT AREA AND EVERYTHING, AND THERE'S NO HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES BECAUSE OF THE. INSULTED YOU KNOW, AROUND HERE. PEOPLE BEEN INSTALLING THOSE FENCES FOR YEARS AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY FORGET THAT THEY HAVE TO PULL PERMITS. AND IN THIS CASE, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CASE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE TO SLIP UP THAT HE DID THE ONE TIME YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO UM AND THEN I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION IS. DO THE LEONARDS KNOW THAT THIS IS EVEN. BEING DISCUSSED TODAY? YES YES, THERE WERE. YES, ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK BASED UPON YOUR TESTIMONY AND WHAT I'M HEARING, THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO ENTER AN ORDER IN THE CASE. SO, UM. NOW THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT THEM INTO COMPLIANCE.
THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY ANY ISSUE THERE FOR ME AT ALL, SO I WON'T ORDER DISMISSAL. I'M JUST
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GOING TO LEAVE IT THE WAY IT IS, AND IT WON'T REAPPEAR ON THE DOCKET. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S LET'S MOVE ON TO, UM. CLAUDIUS TAYLOR AND CASES AH 19 DAYS 006. 19007 190089. NOT OH, THAT'S CARLOTTA WARTY. LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THE EIGHT FIRST. SO 67 AND EIGHT OR CLAUDIUS TAYLOR. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE. AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT CARLOTTA WOODY.OKAY? OKAY, UM. WELL. 67 AND EIGHT ARE LET ME START BY SAYING OFFICER PEREZ. VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CALLED COMPLIANCE. ON, UM. JUNE 27TH OF 2019, THE. VILLAGE CALLED COMPLIANCE OFFICE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM A NEIGHBOR IDENTIFIED AS MISS SADIE HILL.
WHO SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT IN REGARDS TO A PROPERTY HOME. UH DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM HER RESIDENTS OPERATING A JUNK YARD AND SCRAPPING BUSINESS. YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN KIND OF, UM, CUT YOU OFF A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER THESE CASES. OKAY REMEMBER, THEY WERE KIND OF ADJOINING PROPERTY. THEY ARE. YES. AND I IS THE WOODY CARLOTTA WOODY IS THAT ALSO KNOW JOINING PROPER? YES. YES. OKAY, SO I KIND OF REMEMBER THE SCENARIO AND WE.
WASN'T THESE WERE NUISANCE CASES. WE DID ADJUDICATE THEM. YES, UM WHEN WAS THAT? SO THEY WERE INITIALLY SIDED DECEMBER 13TH 2019. AND THEY WERE BROUGHT TO HEARING ON JANUARY 14TH OF 2020. AT THAT TIME YOU HAD BELIEVE FATHER CONTINUANCE. YEAH. FROM THAT MOST ARE LET ME REFER. LET ME CORRECT THAT. AT THAT TIME YOU HAD FOLLOWED THE FINAL ORDER. ARE ALL FOUR PROPERTIES. AND, UM THEN I BELIEVE THE CASES WERE. BROUGHT BACK TO HEARING. AS OF THE AUGUST 18TH 2020 SPECIAL MAGISTRATE HEARING. THIS WAS FOLLOWING THE OBVIOUSLY THE LAYOFF WE HAD BETWEEN MARCH 2020 AND AUGUST 2020 DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. AND AT THAT TIME UM.
AT THAT HEARING WE YOU HAD FILED IN ORDER IMPOSING FINES AND LEANS ON ALL FOUR PROPERTIES. OKAY? UM. AS A AS OF TODAY. ALL FOUR PROPERTIES DO REMAIN IN VIOLATION. AND THE OWNERS IN THE TENANT OF FAILED TO ACHIEVE THEIR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, AND THE DAILY FINE CONTINUES TO A CRUEL AND THE AMOUNT OF $300 PER DAY PER CASE. UM. WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL OUR EFFORTS TO FACILITATE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE TENANT AND. THE CURRENT FINE AMOUNT ON EACH PROPERTY IN CASE WOULD GO AS FOLLOWS WITH RESPECT TO 19006, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS PROPERTY 14637. SOUTHWEST 175TH AVENUE. THEO OWNER IDENTIFIED AS CLAUDIUS TAYLOR HAS AMOUNTED TO $74,400. THE FOLLOWING CASE OF 19007. PROPERTY ADDRESS OFF.
I BELIEVE IS THE SAME AS THE LAST 11463 SOUTHWEST 107 YEARS AVENUE. AGAIN PROPERTY OWNER CLAUDIUS TAYLOR AND THE FINE AMOUNT. WAS AS OF TODAY IS 74,400. 19008. 146 TO 7 SOUTHWEST 175TH AVENUE AGAIN PROPERTY OWNER CLAUDIUS TAYLOR. AND THIS IS ALSO A THIEF. FINE AMOUNT OF 74,400. HAVE THE. FINAL CASE NUMBER 19009. NO PROPERTY ADDRESSES 14626 OFF WEST 169TH PLACE. OUR LITTLE WOODY, AS IDENTIFIED AS THE OWNER, AND THE FINAL. MONTEZ ALSO 74,000 $400 ALL RIGHT, UM. AND ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING AT, UM. 19006 AND 19007 AND THE ADDRESSES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THEY AREN'T THE SAME ADDRESS. ONCE 14. 6 36, THE
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OTHER ONE'S 14 6 37. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH YOU'RE CORRECT. I THINK THIS IS JUST A TYPO ON MY END HERE, OKAY, SO THEY'RE LIKE NEXT DOOR. UM. ALL RIGHT, SO AND THEN. WELL, IF I JUST MAY ADD ON ON AUGUST, UM AS OF THE AUGUST 18TH HEARING WAS WHEN WE ATTAINED OR YOU FILED THE ORDER. OF FINE CERTIFICATION AND AUTHORITY TO FORECLOSE. IT WAS ISSUED ON ON THE DATE OF AUGUST. 18TH 2020. ALL RIGHT. THINK ON HOW THAT ORDER IS WRITTEN AND RECORDED. UM YES.FINE MAY HAVE STOPPED. SO WE HAVE TO. ACTUALLY I DO HAVE A COPY OF YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. I TELL YOU THAT. I BELIEVE, MR MR NICOLETTI THAT THE FINES CONTINUED FOR 31 DAYS ABOVE THE 74,000. AND THEY THEY'VE NEVER STOPPED YET BECAUSE THE PROPERTY HASN'T COMPLIED AS OF TODAY. SO THOSE THOSE NUMBERS THIS FIGURES THAT HAVE RISEN IN BOTH WAYS SO THAT THAT'S WHY I WANT TO LOOK AT YOU. I KNOW EACH VIOLATION WILL BE $9300 MORE THAN THE. AND YOU KNOW, RUNNING FROM FEBRUARY 11TH BECAUSE WE KIND OF AH! GIVEN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE HAPPENING. SO. IN THE CITY ATTORNEY IS WORKING ON THE. ON THE PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FORECLOSURES AS WELL.
OKAY? IT LOOKS LIKE IT DOES CONTINUE. VISIT'S SET, BUT THEN IT'S AS OFF AUGUST 18 20 YEARS LATER. AND I KNOW THE ORIGINAL ORDER. UM UM DOES CONTINUE ON SO. ALSO JUST SO IT IS ON THE RECORD. THE NOTICE DOES INDICATE THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AFTER THAT ORDERS, RIGHT, FOLLOW THIS ONE. WE CAN BEGIN THIS PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL OVER THAT. YEAH, I, UM. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER THESE PROPERTIES. THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY IS THAT THIS IS PROBABLY CLOSE. NO. DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE MORTGAGED OR NOT. I DON'T REMEMBER THAT TESTIMONY, BUT. BUT IN ANY WAY THAT'S THAT'S THE VILLAGE ATTORNEYS SHOULD DEAL WITH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM.
AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU NEED A FURTHER WATER FROM ME. THIS. THIS IS SUFFICIENT. OKAY.
FOR FORECLOSURE AND EXECUTION OF THE CLOSURE. MM. IF THE VILLAGE ATTORNEYS GOT ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN TALK TO ME, BUT I, BUT I THINK YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. TASTIC AND AS AS INSPECTOR PETER MENTIONED AS WELL, THAT WE. THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PRESENTED THIS BEFORE.
NOT FOR ANY SORT OF ACTION OR DETERMINATION ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, BUT JUST FOR YOU KNOW.
THEY'RE WELL AWARE OFF THE SITUATION, CAUSING HEALTH SAFETY AND LIFE IMPACT IN THE ENTIRE BOOK OF PARK COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY, THE COUNCIL AS THE ELECTED GOVERNING BODY DOES HAVE THE PROPERTY RIGHT IF YOU WILL ON THE PROPERTY INTEREST IN IN THIS WORK CLOSURE. SO, UM.
ESSENTIALLY ONCE I ISSUE THAT. IT KIND OF TRANSFERS FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT TO THEN BECOME A VILLAGE. ISSUE TO DEAL WITH, OKAY. NO. MM. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I DON'T THINK
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YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY. THE DIFFICULTY. I THINK EVERYTHING IS PRETTY WELL SET. IN THE COURT SHOULD HONOR YOUR. SHOULD HONOR THIS ORDER AND THE EARLIER VIOLATION ORDER. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT, UM WHAT. I GUESS, BECAUSE THESE WERE THE FIRST. OF THESE TYPES OF NUISANCE, UM, QUARTERS WHERE WE GOT RIGHT? THE VILLAGE SOUGHT THE RIGHT TO FORECLOSE. I'D BE KIND OF CURIOUS. FOLLOW ALONG, SO IF SOMETHING DOES OCCUR IN THOSE CASES LIKE YOU KNOW ABOUT US, OKAY? GOOD. ALL RIGHT, UM. ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE US TODAY? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. YEAH. SO, UM. LET'S SAY I'M GONNA ADJOURN THE HEARING. THE NEXT HEARING IS SET. FOR APRIL. MONEY UP. YOU KNOW? APRIL 20TH AND* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.