Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation

City of Long Beach 333 West Ocean Boulevard Long Beach, CA 90802 Meeting Minutes - Draft Monday, July 17, 2017 1:30 PM Code Enforcement Conference Room 100 W. Broadway, Ste. 400 Long Beach, CA 90802 Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation Jim Thompson, Chairman Diane Arnold, Vice-Chairman Michael Hamilton, Member Michael McCarthy, Member Ethel Powers, Member Charles Whitehead, Member Eric Witten, Member CITY OF LONG BEACH MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 BOARD OF EXAMINERS, CODE ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM APPEALS AND 100 W. BROADWAY, STE. 400 CONDEMNATION MINUTES LONG BEACH, CA 90802, 1:30 PM REGULAR MEETING - 1:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Commissioners Eric Witten, Jim Thompson, Michael Hamilton, Charles Present: Whitehead and Ethel Powers Commissioners Diane L. Arnold and Michael W. McCarthy Excused: CALL TO ORDER Chairman Thompson opened the meeting at 1:40 p.m. in the Code Enforcement conference room. SWEARING OF WITNESSES Chairman Thompson referred to Ordinance No.C-5232, asked for all persons who planned to give testimony, to stand, raise their right hand, and they were sworn in by Myeesha Ayala. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MAY 15, 2017 It was moved by Board Member Powers and seconded by Board Member Whitehead to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried 4-1. Board Member Witten abstained, he was not present at the May 15, 2017 meeting. 1 CASE NO. 7876-07-17: 5351 CEDAR AVE: HECTOR RAMIREZ, OWNER, CE CASE NO. CEHC237242, COUNCIL DISTRICT 8 ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION APPEAL CASE Chairman Thompson called for the owner or representative to appear before the Board and neither the owner nor a representative appeared on behalf of this request to appeal the Administrative Citation. It was moved by Board Member Whitehead and seconded by Board Member Witten to conclude the hearing, determine that the appellant is the Responsible Party and the cited violations did exist on the date the citation was issued. The appeal is hereby denied. Page 1 of 2 CITY OF LONG BEACH MONDAY, JULY 17, 2017 BOARD OF EXAMINERS, CODE ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE ROOM APPEALS AND 100 W. BROADWAY, STE. 400 CONDEMNATION MINUTES LONG BEACH, CA 90802, 1:30 PM OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS NEW OR UNFINISHED BUSINESS Kurt Keating, Code Enforcement Bureau Manager, advised the Board that if we have only one item on the agenda in August, we may push our next meeting to September with more items. DATE SET FOR NEXT HEARING: AUGUST 21, 2017 MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Board Member Witten and seconded by Board Member Whitehead to conclude the hearing at 1:47 p.m. Note: A digital recording of this meeting will be available in the Code Enforcement Bureau. The City of Long Beach provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If a special accommodation is desired, or if an agenda is needed in an alternative format, please call the Code Enforcement Bureau, 48 hours prior to the meeting at (562) 570-6796or (562) 570-3807 (telecommunications device for the deaf). Page 2 of 2