Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation

CITY OF LONG BEACH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 BOARD OF EXAMINERS, 411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD APPEALS AND QUEEN MARY CONFERENCE ROOM, 1:30 PM CONDEMNATION MINUTES Eric Witten, Chairman Steve Gerdes, Member Charles Whitehead, Vice Chairman Ethel Powers, Member Hakim Chambers, Member Jim Thompson, Member Karl Wiegelman, Bureau Manager Art Sanchez, Deputy City Attorney Myeesha Ayala, Secretary Angel Arredondo, Code Enforcement Officer BOARD OF EXAMINERS, APPEALS AND CONDEMNATION MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO MYEESHA.AYALA@LONGBEACH.GOV MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Chairman Thompson called the meeting to order at 1:32 p.m. ROLL CALL FLAG SALUTE Board Member Eric Witten lead us in the Flag Salute. MINUTES 1 Recommendation to approve the minutes of December 7, 2020. It was moved by Board Member Gerdes and seconded by Board Member Powers to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion carried unanimously. Page 1 of 3 CITY OF LONG BEACH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 BOARD OF EXAMINERS, 411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD APPEALS AND QUEEN MARY CONFERENCE ROOM, 1:30 PM CONDEMNATION MINUTES 2 Recommendation to elect Chair for the Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation. It was moved by Board Member Whitehead and seconded by Board Member Powers to elect Mr. Eric Witten as the new Chairman of the Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation. The motion carried unanimously. 3 Recommendation to elect Vice-Chair for the Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation. It was moved by Board Member Whitehead and seconded by Chairman Thompson to elect Mr. Charles Whitehead as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Examiners, Appeals and Condemnation. The motion carried unanimously. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Karl Wiegelman introduced Hakim Chambers as our new member of the Board. SWEARING OF WITNESSES Chairman Thompson referred to Ordinance No. 5232, asked for all persons who plan to give testimony, to stand, raise their right hand and be sworn in by Myeesha Ayala. REGULAR AGENDA 4 CASE NO.7908-02-21: 5502 ORANGE AVENUE; DENNIS BRUYERE, OWNER; CE CASE NO. CEAC269544 ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION CASE Chairman Thompson called for the owner or representative to appear on behalf of the case and David Bruyere, 9507 E. Artesia Blvd., owner, appeared on behalf of the case. It was moved by Board Member Whitehead and seconded by Board Member Powers to conclude that the appellant is the current owner and responsible party of the subject property located at 5502 Orange Avenue and the violations did exist on the date the citation was issued. The appeal is denied. The motion Page 2 of 3 CITY OF LONG BEACH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 BOARD OF EXAMINERS, 411 W. OCEAN BOULEVARD APPEALS AND QUEEN MARY CONFERENCE ROOM, 1:30 PM CONDEMNATION MINUTES carried unanimously. 5 CASE NO. 7909-02-21: 5511 E. SPRING STREET; STACY WARINO AND KRISTI WARINO, OWNERS; CE CASE NO. CEAC272285 ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION CASE Chairman Thompson called for the owner or representative to appear on behalf of the case and Alan Gafford, the attorney representing the owner on behalf of the case and Jill Warino, 5511 E. Spring Street, owner, appeared. It was moved by Board Member Whitehead and seconded by Board Member Gerdes to continue the case to the next scheduled hearing of March 8, 2021, so the City can grant their requests to appeal for both the 1st and 3rd citation. The motion carried unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENTS NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING: MARCH 8, 2021 ADJOURNMENT 6 Motion for Adjournment It was moved by Board Member Powers and seconded by Board Member Whitehead to adjourn the meeting at 2:11 p.m. The motion carried unanimously. 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) 570-6796 or (562) 570-3807 (telecommunications device for the deaf). Page 3 of 3