read a statement first welcome to the may 2026 meeting of the alachua county code enforcement special magistrate hearing the purpose of this hearing is to hear alleged code violations filed by various departments of alachua county florida the code enforcement special magistrate was established by florida statutes chapter 162 and alachua county ordinances to obtain compliance with various county ordinances and regulations i have no authority to change the ordinances or any of the regulations we will be addressing today that can only be done by the alachua county board of county commissioners code enforcement magistrate can determine if a violation has occurred set a date for full compliance and levy a fine for non-compliance my decisions can only be appealed to the courts and not to the board of county commissioners the basic procedure we'll follow today is i will ask the secretary christina to call the case county staff will present its case the respondent shall have the opportunity to present its defense to the case i will make a decision at future date and the respondent will be notified by mail of that decision all persons testifying today will do so under oath by swearing or affirming that they will tell the truth any evidence in the form of documents or photographs must be submitted to the clerk for inclusion in the record for everybody who's planning to testify today please stand so we can swear you in so that would be staff and anybody who's here to hear for the hearing christina please raise your right hand do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in these cases today will be the truth in the whole truth thank you you can be seated thank you please um for purposes of the of the uh hearing please turn off your cell phone or put it on silent so it doesn't disrupt the proceedings the proceedings are being recorded uh both both audio and visual so christina if you want to call the first case please case number two six dash zero zero one nine zero seven alatra county versus henderson nick f is someone here representing nick henderson someone here representing nick henderson seeing none county please proceed no he's right there he's behind kelly second here oh he came we'll have to have to swear him in again county proceed please case two six zero zero one nine zero seven county received a complaint on march 3rd regarding junk and debris property is located at one nine zero nine southeast 50th street gainesville in alatra county identified by parcel number one six one eight six zero two two zero zero zero owner of the property is nick henderson code administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of alachua county code seven four point two zero a accumulation in junk and seven four point two zero b on service of vehicles respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations notice violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation of the set alachua county code sections my last inspection on the property was may 6th i have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent sent by certified mail receipt or postings copies have provided to the magistrate and are requested be entered into evidence i have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked that they be admitted into evidence county recommendation is to respond to be found in violation of the said section of the code order to respond to come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation and if not in compliance and pay a fine in the amount of 75 dollars for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance county has incurred 420 in cost and bring in the action to hearing okay is there someone here representing nick henderson over here and have a over to the podium over there please you can go stand over there just state your name for the record and nick henderson and where is your where are you located where do you live 1909 southeast 50th street you can pull that microphone up so you don't have to bend over so much there there you go okay what can you tell me i was taking care of things and i ended up with a another stroke an actual stroke that put me in the hospital hca and ended up stopping everything to recover and i'm still not fully recovered but better than it was okay do you but as far as the car goes the car is being transferred over to me and my sister has the title and that will be transferred over to me and i'll get it tagged in insurance and tagged very soon okay in addition to that her and her husband have agreed to uh help me with the other issue okay so that we don't have to have you come back um the county's asked for 30 days um what do you tell tell you tell me what you think is a reasonable time for you to get back into compliance i'm not expecting the help until near the end of the month from her but um so 60 days 90 days that's plenty of time yes okay is the county objective extension no your honor we do not okay and the car will be tagged and off the street probably up put uh parked in the yard okay all right um so i will i'm gonna go ahead and grant 90 days because of the issues that you have and stuff please stay in touch with the county so that when you get that by the way i didn't receive i've had trouble with the mail out there with different mail carriers and i the first time i got a notice it was in a plastic bag out by the mailbox is when i noticed it and it was already past april the first is when that was uh supposed to be and uh that's the first i noticed but i was still dealing with being incapacitated pretty much and not any stress but other than that okay that's fine understood um i want to get this taken care of understanding the county doesn't want your money um we just wanted to get it in compliance so that's why i'm going to give you the extra days to do that but stay in touch with the county you have access to email no but i got a telephone access and i i noticed that kelly is i met her briefly coming in and i can stay in touch okay if you as soon as you get into compliance let her know because she can issue a compliance notice and then it stops everything at that yes sir okay well i'm sorry to hear about your condition um i'm glad you were able to come though one really weird side effect from the the stroke was one of my eyes was looking off to the side and it wouldn't straighten back up for almost three months and gradually little by little it corrected itself well i had to do some exercises and willpower and praying about it but uh it gradually corrected itself and i haven't had a problem since but that was the uh i thought i was going to be that way for the for the rest of my life just can't operate with one eye looking over here and one eye look the neurologist said he'd never seen it before so but well i had as a child as a condition i would wonder if you get tired and stuff like so i can relate to your problem but that was the strangest part of things because they didn't find any permanent damage on my heart but that was that was terrifying i it was all i could do to not be you know really freaked out from that and waking up every morning and it was still the same uh but praise god yep thank you for being here a lot of folks don't bother to show up i appreciate you coming and we'll give you the extra time to stay in touch with kelly all right thank you okay thanks for coming and i'll give you my business card sir okay christine would you call the second case please case number 26-000462 alachua county versus panola tiffany via a viega and walner a viega someone here representing the a viegas county please proceed good morning um diana osborne code enforcement officer i'm here in regards to case number 26 000462 uh location of the violation at the time was 7006 southwest 21st lane gainesville i'm here before you to uh the violation was uh we had gfl pick up the violation all i'm asking is permission for a lane to be placed for placed on the property for the amount owed okay how much is owed it's 126 dollars and 33 cents sir and that was for the pickup of the yes sir it was uh for gfl fee pickup was 56 33 and for the our administrative fee was 70 dollars they came out to 126 dollars and 33 cents okay all right again is someone here representing the uh viegas okay okay thank you we will authorize the lane make a note here call case number three please case number 26-002246 alachua county versus walters waters jeremiah j okay someone here representing jeremiah walters sorry it's waters i read it wrong waters please proceed case 26002246 county received a complaint on march 12th regarding unserviceable vehicles there is no address for this location only a parcel number property is located at parcel number 1618637000 which is right next to 2007 southeast 49th drive gainesville in alachua county owner of the property is jeremiah waters code administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a a violation of the following sections of alachua county code 404.82.5 parking of trucks recreational vehicles and trailers and 74.20b on the service of vehicles the respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations notice violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation of the said alachua county code section my last inspection on the property was may may 6th i have good service of notices and statements of violation to the respondent sent by certified mail receipt or postings copies have provided to the magistrate and a request to be entered into evidence i have had contact with the respondent regarding violations which was on april 14th photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and asked that they be admitted in evidence county recommendations respond to be found in violation of the said section of the code order respond and come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation if not in compliance then pay a fine in the amount of 50 dollars for each day the violation continues past the date separate compliance county has incurred 350 in cost and bringing the action to hearing all right thank you mr waters please identify yourself and where you live i'm jeremiah waters i live at 2101 southeast 49th drive okay in florida what can you tell me i didn't know nothing about the fine until i seen this young lady right here out there that morning that's my semi that's my property like i said i thought everything was cool being with in my yard but i guess not so yeah so the county is is is it is it tagged the semi no my tractor isn't um tagged right now because i'm not driving trucks right now okay all right well the county as you said heard requires it to be tagged doesn't it can be there but it has to be a serviceable vehicle yeah well i'm my nephew's coming to get it in now after i okay went through this situation i'm gonna get my nephew so a question to you is before is 30 days enough time for you to get into can you give me just give me two months because where i'm working at right now i'm stretched out on my job so okay you can give me two months if i got to take a county have ejection we give them 60 days no your honor i do not okay don't worry about it so i just take okay now one of the same thing i told the other person please stay in touch with her so as soon as you get it into compliance let her know because they it can stop well why why couldn't she give me the the 60 days i'll give you the 60 days oh you're going to give me this but but you have to show them that you've come into compliance with that because they issue a compliance letter okay and that stops the potential for a penalty all right no problem so you need to stay in touch and if you get it done early yeah wait until the last 59th day yeah if you get it done in 30 days and let them know right away okay okay okay oh okay i didn't understand that was my misunderstanding okay okay okay thank you thank you okay all right i just have a couple things i'd like to say for the record your honor so it's a vacant lot so that's why none of the vehicles can be on the lot because it's a vacant lot so all of the vehicles have to be removed including the ones that are behind that hedge when i was talking to your wife i mentioned that so there's vehicles behind the shed the hedge and i don't know why there is um what is that called thank you a satellite dish oh because it's been there it's been there okay i had the satellite there before so what i need to take that down too yes sir well satellite dish would indicate that there's a house there and you have a television well it's supposed to be a vacant lot so there shouldn't be a satellite dish so can i build on that lot well you would have to go through zoning because i was told before i couldn't even build on a lot when i bought the property when i started buying the property that was the reason i bought who need to get in contact with zoning and the building department so growth management okay yeah so you would have to pull a request to pull a building permit but there may be restrictions on the property on that lot in terms of what you can have happen there on my lot yeah yeah you might be able to get it okay so who do i have to go through with that what what would i go through to get that done i'll give you my business card just give a call and i'll give you the contact information yeah yeah could you do that for me yeah all right all right thank you for being here thank you yeah you're welcome case number four please case number two six dash zero zero one nine two four alatra county versus thomas phillip h and juliet someone here representing the thomases someone here representing the thomases seeing none please proceed case two six zero zero one nine two four county received a complaint on march 3rd regarding unserviceable vehicles and junk property is located at two one zero zero seven northeast one on one first avenue erlington alachua county identified by parcel number one eight five zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero owner of the property is philip and juliet thomas code administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of alachua county code seven four point two zero a accumulation in junk and seven four point two zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero b on service of vehicles the respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations noticed violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent remains in violation to set alachua county code section my last inspection of the property was on may 6th i have good service of notices and statements of violations to the respondent sent by certified mail receipt or postings. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and I requested be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask to be admitted in evidence. County recommendation is the respondent be found in violation of the said section of the code. Order the respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation and if not in compliance then pay a fine in the amount of $75 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $280 in cost and bring in the action hearing. Okay again is someone here representing the Thomas's? Okay. Please proceed to get us to pull case number 5 I believe it is. Case number 26-002258 Alachua County versus Buchanan Chester Jr. Someone here representing Mr. Buchanan. Someone here representing Chester Buchanan. None present. County please proceed. Case 26-002258 County received a complaint on March 12th regarding junk and debris. Property is located at 2119 Southeast 49th Drive, Gainesville in Alachua County. Identified by parcel number 16186-054-000. Owner of the property is Chester Buchanan. Code administration initiated enforcement proceedings and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code. 74.20A Accumulation of junk. 74.20B On service of vehicles and 75.201I places of disposal prohibited acts which is the curbside waste. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. Notice violation was sent to the respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted to date have determined the respondent is in compliance for section 75.20I places of disposal but remains in violation of 74.20A Accumulation of junk and 74.20B On service of vehicles. My last inspection on the property was May 6th. I have good service of notices and statements of violations to the respondent sent by certified mail receipt or postings. Copies have provided to the magistrate and are requested to be entered into evidence. I have had no contact with the respondent regarding the violations. Photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. County recommendation is the respondent be found in violation of the said section of the code. Order respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the NOSA violation and if not in compliance then pay a fine. Amount of $100 for each day the violation continues past the date set for compliance. County has incurred $350 in cost in bringing the action to hearing. Again, someone here representing Chester Buchanan. Seeing none. Let's go ahead and leave. We're going to do these consolidated cases. So we're going to head and have this. Just read them all. You know, if you want to go over by the podium over there, I'm not going to make you stand for the whole thing. You can stand up when we get ready to hear from you. Do you want me to read them all at once? Yeah, so we'll go ahead and read them all at once. You just, again, I would say the name of the apartments and then just individual. Case number 26-002970, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. Case number 26-002972, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. Case number 26-002781, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. Case number 26-002581, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. Case number 26-002769, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. Case number 26-002830, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. Case number 26-002974, Alachua County v. SP Mo Apartments, LLC. All right. County, please proceed. Good morning. I am Officer Benjamin. I am a property management housing inspector for Alachua County. In the first case, Apartment B-5, Code Administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of the Alachua County Code of Ordinances. PMC 332.02, Penalty of the Property Maintenance Code. PMC 309.1, Infestation. PMC 305.3, Interior Surfaces. 403.4, Process Ventilation. 403.2, Bathrooms and Toilet Rooms. 504.3, Plumbing System Hazards. The respondent was provided with a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violations was sent to respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections today have determined that the apartment B-5 is still in violation as of April 28, 2026. I have good services of notices and statements of violations to respondent sent by certified mail received April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Ms. Athena and Mr. Fy, regarding the violations on April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. The county's recommendations that respondent be found in violation of the said sections of the code or the respondents come into compliance within seven days of complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation, and if not comply, then pay a fine in the amount of $450 for each day. The violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $280 cost in prosecution and administrative fees and a one-time fine of $500 due to maintenance neglect. So how do you want to do it? Do you want to – do you want – let me have you identify yourself for the record. Sorry, I'm Brian Benj, Regional Facility Director for Wingate Companies. Okay, are you the manager for these apartments then, the management company? Okay, so you're on behalf of the owner of that? Yes, sir. Okay, so how do you want – do you want her to go ahead and read all the stuff in? You want to deal with them one by one? I think one by one is probably easier. Okay. I can tell you with apartment B5, we do have copies of correspondence with the resident trying to actually get into her apartment to schedule the work. We've made multiple attempts. We've got email communications with her trying to set up a time to be able to perform these actions. Okay, so my question to you is the county is – I think it was seven days? Yes, sir. Okay. Where do you stand on being able to do that, do you think? I'd request 30 days for the items. One of the things that we have going on is the – we've got several notes about the condition of the air conditioning closets. We've got a contractor scheduled for the 13th to come in, not only clean the closets, but do a full duct cleaning in those units as well. And then we're in between property managers right now as well as maintenance supervisors. We've got a maintenance supervisor starting on the 18th, and the plan at that point is to have a 100% unit inspection completed within 60 days. Now, let me ask you, even though the other cases haven't come in, are they all occupied or are there some vacant? They are all occupied. Okay, so that makes it easier for – so how does the county feel about the 30 days? When did you say the HVAC company is coming on the 13th? On the 13th. May 13th. Yes, ma'am. Because the duct cleaning is going to take some time. Yeah, it is. Yeah. Okay. So 60 days is a little longer for me. He asks for 30. He asks for 30? Yeah. Okay. Yeah, 30 is fine. I was just saying in the next 60, we plan on inspecting all of the apartments anyway, doing a full inspection. Okay. Okay, we could do 30. Okay. Yeah, 30 days is fine. All right. Thank you. All right, so 30 days. Anything else on that? Not on that apartment. Again, we're just having trouble getting a schedule put together where we can get in and do the work. There were a few things listed that need to be taken care of. The vent fans have been ordered, so we're waiting on those to come in. But at that point, we are still going to need the residents' cooperation with getting scheduled and in. Jack, may I interject? So in order to do any work, you're stating that y'all require the tenant to be present or to state that you're allowed to enter? With a lack of a maintenance supervisor on staff, again, we're hoping to bring somebody on on the 18th for that position. But we would need the resident to be home for the contractor to be able to access her apartment. We wouldn't send a contractor in there unsupervised. Okay. Is there any way, like, anyone from the property management team could be present if she's not able to be present herself and just give her proper notice that the property manager and a contractor will be entering her unit? Because I'm sure that's possible. I think we could work on that. Give her at least a 25, 24, 48-hour notice as a tenant to say, hey, you know, a property manager and a contractor will be entering your apartment this date and time to do, you know, maintenance work. So as long as she has that in written form, I don't believe she's required to be present, especially if she has a working schedule and small children. That is going to be hard for her to navigate. I got you. We'll work that out. Absolutely. Thank you. Okay. Thank you for that. Okay. Let's go ahead and deal with the next one up, which is, which is the apartment number and the next one? B3. Okay. All right. Go ahead. Code administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of a Lottery County Code of Ordinance. An apartment B3, property maintenance code 332.02, penalty of the property maintenance code, PMC 309.1, infestation, PMC 305.3, interior surfaces, 403.4, process ventilation, 430.2, bathrooms and toilet rooms, PMC 404.6.1, smoke detectors, PMC 603.1, mechanical equipment and appliances, 602.2, residential occupancies, and 602.3, heat supply. The respondent was provided with a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violation was sent to respondent and included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections conducted today have determined that respondent remains in violation of the Elantra County Code sections, March 31, 2026. I have good service and notices and statements of violations to respondent sent by mail received on April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Ms. Athena and Mr. Fire, regarding the violations, April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. The county's recommendation respondent be found in violation of the set sections of the code. Order respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. If not complied, then pay a fine in the amount of $600 for each day. The violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $140 calls for prosecution, administrative fees, and a one-time fine of $500 due to maintenance neglect and bringing this action to hearing. Already included, though, the 30 days since we... Right, I stole that. So we can go through that process again. I think you came in after the swearing ceremony. Is that correct? I did, yes, sir. Okay, so, Christina, do you want to go ahead? Look, I just realized that, so... Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in these cases today will be the truth and the whole truth? I do. Thank you. Appreciate that. Okay, go ahead. So how do you want to... On this one, again, we've got the AC compressor is actually being replaced today in this unit. Okay. Again, we've got the orders in for the vent fans. I do have a list of work that has been completed by a contractor for this unit showing where the wall damages were replaced. Do you like that or... Oh, yes, sir. If you don't mind handing that to Ms. Christina for me right there in the purple shirt, I appreciate that. All right. And we'll have that into the record to show the work that's been processed as far. Sure. Anything else on that one? No. Okay. Again, as I meant earlier, once you get stuff into compliance, make sure you let her know. Okay. So she can check that off the list and stuff because that'll stop. Absolutely. We just met each other this morning. We're going to be friends after this. Yeah. But obviously, some of these things will be done faster than others, so those go off the list of potential penalties. So as soon as you can check those off and let her know, that produces the potential for a fine coming down the pike. Yes, sir. Okay. So what's the next one? Yes, sir. Apartment B1. Okay. Code administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Elachua County Code of Ordinances. Property Maintenance Code 332.02, Penalty of the International Property Maintenance Code. PMC 309.1, Infestation. PMC 305.3, Interior Surfaces. 403.4, Process Ventilation. 403.2, Bathrooms and Toilet Rooms. 605.1, Installation. 603.5, Combustion Air. 504.1, General Plumbing Fixtures. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations, and notice of violation was sent to respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections as of April 28, 2026 still states that the unit is in violation of the Elachua County Code section. I have good service and notices and statements of violations to respondent sent by certified mail receipt as of April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Mr. Thiena and Mr. Fyre, regarding the violations on April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and acts they be admitted into evidence. The county's recommendation is that the respondent be found in violation of the said sections of the code. Order respondents to come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in a notice of violation. And if not comply, then pay a fine in the amount of $550 for each day the violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $208 in prosecution costs and administrative costs and a one-time fine of $500 due to maintenance neglect. All right. What can you tell me about B1? B1, with the mold, we did have a third-party contractor come in and do an evaluation, give us a scope of work they felt needed to be performed. We had a good bit of that job done as well and pictures of the results in hand. I believe that everything is done in this apartment that was listed in the complaint, so I think we should be good on this one. Okay, yes. Okay. Again, get that information to her because she can issue a compliance letter. Yes, sir. And that will stop at that point. Yes, sir. All right. What's our next apartment number? Apartment 09. 09. 0-0, okay. I apologize. Ahead of time, I do not have 09. Code administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code of Ordinances. PMC 332.02, Penalty of the International Property Maintenance Code. PMC 309.1, Infestation. PMC 603.1, Mechanical Equipment and Appliances. 403.4, Process Ventilation. 603.5, Combustion Air. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violation was sent to respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections to date as of April 28, 2026. The unit is still in violation. I have a good service of notices and statements of violations to respondents sent by certified mail received on April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Ms. Athena and Mr. Fire, regarding the violations of April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. The county's recommendations that respondent be found in violation of the set sections of the code or the respondent come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in a notice of violation. And if not complied, then pay a fine in the amount of $400 for each day. The violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $280 in prosecution costs and administrative fees and a $500 one-time fine for lack of maintenance. Do you have any information on this? I noticed you said that you were in a warning. I do not. I did not have this in my list of violations. I'll follow up with you by the end of the day. It looks to be similar to the others, so I'm sure it can be. Yeah, absolutely. I'll follow up with you by the end of the day, let you know where we're at on those. Okay. All right. What's our next apartment number there, Christine? Apartment H3. H3. Do you have that one? I do. Okay. All right. Code administration initiated enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code Ordinances. PMC 332.02, penalty of the International Property Maintenance Code. PMC 309.1, infestation. PMC 305.3, interior surfaces. 403.4, process ventilation. PMC 404.6.1, smoke detectors. 403.2, bathrooms and toilet rooms. 304.18.2, windows. 304.15, doors. 304.18, building security. The respondent was provided a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violation was sent to respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections to date as of April 28, 2026, unit is still in violation. I have a good service of notices and statements of violations to respondent sent by certified mail received April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Ms. Athena and Mr. Fire, regarding violations on April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and ask they be admitted into evidence. The county's recommendations that respondent be found in violation of the said sections of the code. Order responded come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation. And if not complied, then pay a fine in the amount of $600 for each day. The violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $210 in prosecution cost and administrative fees and a one-time fine of $500 due to maintenance neglect. All right. Where do we stand on this one? The front door is actually being delivered today. Again, we've got the contractor scheduled for the 13th for the duct cleaning and the window lock is actually on order. Other than that, it's just work orders put in for the rest of it. Yes, sir. Okay. Great. Again, stay in touch with her. All right. What's our next apartment? We have apartment B6. Is it B as in Boy 6? B as in Boy 6, correct. Code administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code of Ordinances. PMC 332.02, penalty of the International Property Maintenance Code. PMC 309.1, infestation. PMC 305.3, interior services. 403.4, process ventilation. 403.2, bathrooms and toilet rooms. PMC 404.6.1, smoke detectors. 603.5, combustion air. 504.1, general plumbing systems and fixtures. 603.1, mechanical equipment and appliances. 304.14, insect screens. 304.15, doors. 304.18, building security. 602.2, residential occupancies. 602.3, heat supply. The respondent was provided with a reasonable time to correct the violations. A notice of violation was sent to respondent. That included corrective actions. Ongoing anticipations conducted as of April 28, 2026 unit is still in violation. I have a good service of notices and statements of violations to respondent sent by certified mail received on April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Ms. Athena, Mr. Fry, regarding the violations on April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations and XAB admitted into evidence. The county's recommendations responded to be found in violation of the set sections of the code or the respondent coming to compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in notice of violation. And if not complied, then pay a fine in the amount of $850 for each day. The violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $280 in prosecution costs and administrative fees and a one-time fine of $500 due to maintenance neglect. All right. This one I think we're good. I've got the invoice for the HVAC repair. We've also got invoices from a contractor for the deficiencies in the surfaces, pest control logs showing where it was treated, as well as completed work orders for the vent fans, the sliding door, and, I believe, a plumbing fixture as well. But I think we should be complete on this one. Okay. Again, if you can get that to her, she can get you a letter of compliance, and that will stop the process. Okay. I think this is the last one, right? Yes, sir. Apartment B7. The B as in point 7? Yes, sir. Okay. Code of administration initiated an enforcement proceeding and found there to be a violation of the following sections of Alachua County Code of Ordinances. PMC 332. PMC 332.02 penalty of the International Property Maintenance Code. PMC 305.3 interior surfaces. 403.4 process ventilation. 403.2 bathrooms and toilet rooms. 603.5 combustion air. The respondent was provided with a reasonable time to correct the violation, and notice of violation was sent to respondent that included corrective actions. Ongoing inspections as of April 28, 2026, the unit is still in violation. I have a good service of notices and statements of violation to respondent sent by certified mail received on April 17, 2026. Copies have been provided to the magistrate, and I request they be entered into evidence. I have spoken with the management team, Ms. Athena and Mr. Fire, regarding the violations, April 30, 2026. The photographs being presented were taken by myself and accurately reflect the violations, and that they be admitted into evidence. The county's recommendation respondent be found in violation of the set sections of the code. Order responded come into compliance within 30 days by complying with the corrective actions listed in the notice of violation, and if not comply, then pay a fine in the amount of $400 for each day. The violations continue past the date set for compliance. The county has incurred $280 in prosecution costs, administrative fees, and a one-time fine of $500 due to maintenance neglect. Okay, so where's your progress on this one? We have. The defective surfaces have been corrected. I've got an invoice for the work here. The intake cabinet, that's another HVAC situation. They're scheduled for the 13th to take care of that. The flooring has been replaced in the bathroom, and both of the vent fans have been ordered. There actually was a replacement of the refrigerator in here due to the damages there. Okay. Great. Okay. I think that concludes your case. I am concluded. Okay. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We're now moving into the penalty phase. Let folks get cleared a little bit, and then we'll start on the penalty phase. All right. Let me read a statement here for the penalty phase. Penalty hearings are strictly devalued if an order has been created by the special magistrate has been followed or has not been followed. I will not rehear the case as the special magistrate has no authority to revisit the previous action. The policy for conducting the hearing is as follows. Determine if the respondent is in compliance or not in compliance. Give the county and respondent an opportunity to speak as to compliance or noncompliance. Make a decision regarding compliance or noncompliance if found a noncompliance placement of a lien. So, County, Christina, please call the first case. Case number 25-002245, Alachua County v. Harrell William J. Sr. There's someone representing William Harrell here. Someone representing William Harrell. County, please proceed. 25-0045, William Harrell. Guilty not in compliance. Prosecution cost is $350. Daily fine, $100. Total fine is $18,050. And I have some pictures for the case file, Your Honor. Okay. And that fine is as of what date? Today or? The date of compliance was actually November 10th, 2025. Right. But in terms of, are the fines still? Yes, Your Honor, they are. Okay. And I was there the 6th. So, we're still in noncompliance? Correct. Okay. All right. Again, someone here representing William Harrell. Hearing, okay. Can we be authorized to file a lien? Next case, please, Christina. Case number 23-016413, Alachua County versus Shigo Thomas S. Jr., trustee of land trust number 17601D. Okay. Well, let's do it. Do you want to hold off? Yeah, let's go ahead. He's in the restroom. Let's go ahead and move to case number 16. And we'll wait until he gets back. Case number 26-000172, Alachua County versus Neal and Neal. Okay. Someone here representing the Neals. Someone here representing Neals. You can go over and speak at the podium over there after the county presents. Terry, I think they came in late. Pardon? I think they came in late. Oh, they came in late? Okay. Yeah, they need to be sworn in. I'll have them. We'll have them swear in. But we'll let the county proceed first, and then I'll have you swear them in. Okay. Okay. Go ahead, Kelly. Case 26-000172, Neal and Neal. Guilty, but in compliance. Okay. So they are in compliance now, okay? Yes, Your Honor. Prosecution cost was $420, and that's all they owe when the county requests a lien be placed. Okay. You came in after the swearing sentence. Let me have you swear you in. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in these cases today will be the truth and the whole truth? Yes, ma'am. Okay. So I'm going to just make sure you understand that you're in compliance. There was a prosecution cost of $420, and the county is seeking that money, and it's asking me to authorize a lien against the property for the $420. Now, if you have the ability to pay the $420, then the lien can be eliminated. So what can you tell me? My son, it was his stuff, and he's in prison, so we couldn't mess with it, but I told their mom that it had to go. And when y'all came out there, so we started moving all the stuff off of there, and we got it cleared. Yeah, and you're in compliance now, and we appreciate you doing that. So the only thing that's left is this little bit of fine. It'll go against the property. Once it's paid, that goes away. Where do we pay it? You can pay the fine at the office with Christina. Their offices are downstairs in this building at the west end of the building. Okay. Okay. Now, do you think you would be able to pay it reasonably soon? The reason I ask is that they can – sometimes the county will hold filing the lien and notice of it until – if you're going to be able to come in and pay it. So that way there is no lien. I have to pay on it. Can't pay it. Pay on it. Have to make some payment arrangements or something. Okay. That's all right. Well, we can let the lien go, and then once you get it paid off – Yes, sir. Then they will take it and remove the lien. Okay. Okay? Yes, sir. All right. Thank you for coming. And I'll give you my business card. Okay. Number 17, because I don't think it's back yet. Case number 25-009780, Alatra County versus Simon Betty Jane. I don't believe he was sworn in, so – Okay. Yeah, I'm going to – yeah, we'll get – we'll let the county go first, and then we'll get you sworn in once. Very good. Michael Williams, Code Enforcement Officer, Alachua County. With regard to Case 25-009780, there was a determination of guilty, not in compliance, prosecution costs of $280, daily fine of $50, total fine of $2,780. I was actually out at the property on last evening, met with the respondent there at the property. Although there has been some pretty substantial progress, there was a couple things still noted that needs to happen in order for the property to come into full compliance. Again, as I said, there has been some pretty substantial progress with regard to the accumulation of junk. However, right in the front of the property, there still remains like this partition, which I believe he's using to more or less kind of screen off some of the things that are being maintained there at the property. I did indicate to him that he would need to secure some type of permanent type fencing, that that particular partition would not suffice. But there again, there has been a lot of substantial progress there at the property. Okay. Christine, you want to swear? Gentleman in. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give in these cases today will be the truth and the whole truth? I do. Would you take your name for the record? William Lloyd. And what are your relationship to? This is my mother's property, and I live on the property. Right. I remember. Okay. He's already indicated you made really substantial progress on it. Yes, sir. I've done everything. I didn't realize that I needed to move the partition for it to be in complete compliance. Is that the only thing that's holding me up from being in complete compliance? Based on what I saw on last evening? Yes, sir. So I can move that today, you know, so. And as soon as you do that, let him know right away because that stops the penalties right there. And then I think I mentioned to you before that, you know, once you're in compliance, you can come back and seek a reduction of the fine. And our process allows for that. Yes, sir. As far as that goes as well, I asked in the original hearing for an extra 30 days, and you granted that to me originally, but it was not granted in the paperwork. So the fine started after 60 days instead of 90. Can we check on that? And if so, then we need to correct that. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, we can check on that. That sounds like a clerical mistake. Yes, sir. So, yeah. And we can adjust those so that, you know, okay. Okay, can we go ahead and, like I said, it's just me moving the petition, so can we go ahead and get me back in here or whatever we need to do so we can get this closed out or whatever? Well, as soon as you get that partition removed and let him know, he can come out and inspect, and he will issue a letter of compliance. That stops it right there. All right. Okay? And at that point, then you can come back, and you may have been here when we did some. You can ask for a reduction of fine once that you're in compliance. You have to be in compliance. I just wanted to make you aware as well. My wife's been in and out of the hospital. She's had four emergency surgeries, almost died twice. My mother's currently in the hospital. My mother-in-law's in the hospital. So all these things have added up to. I understand, and that's exactly what you need to bring up for the reduction hearing. Okay? Because those are the kind of circumstances that will let me give a reduced fine. All right. Thank you very much. Appreciate you coming. Yes, sir. Thank you. All right. I think we're back going to now go back and start with the first one. So number 14, I believe. Christina, go ahead and recall the case. Case number 23-016413, Alachua County versus Shigo Thomas S. Jr., trustee of land trust, number 17601D. Missy Daniels, assistant county manager on case number 23-016413. This was, there are two, the next one's also on the same property. This was the violation for adding fill to the property and doing work on the property without having the proper approvals from county commission or county departments. In the agenda, the amounts aren't correct for this one because in our system, the fines were put in from day one. But this is the one, if you remember, there was a stay on the fines as they went through court. Right. So we've recalculated the amount. So the prosecution costs are $770 for this one. And the fines running as of 11-6-2025, which was the final court date, are $18,200. $18,200. And it's still not in compliance? It's still not in compliance. Okay. All right. I believe you were here for the swearing in, right? Yes, sir. Okay. Well, you're fine. Are you acting as attorney or? I'm acting as a trustee. As a trustee. Okay. So you were sworn in? Yes. Okay. All right. So what can you tell me? I have an affidavit to say. So get close to the microphone so that you're on the record there. Your Honor, Special Minister, I'd like to submit this related motion request, temporary stay of bands and record preservation, relief pending completion of engineering review, an outstanding public record investigation, as well as a reconciling of the county's ongoing infrastructure problem on and around or at the parcel. Okay. Do you want to give it to Christina? Go into the record. Anything else that you, trustee, want to say? Oh, yes. This is Thomas Shago. I'm a trustee of trust 17601. We are not in compliance, but we cannot comply as part of the problem. The ongoing drainage issues still exist to which we can't have yet to come up with an engineering solution. The situation on the property is the failure to maintain or properly maintain the drainage system on Southeast 59th and Veterans Way. It directs all the stormwater runoff to our property. I remember the case. And our property is being used as a conveyance for stormwater and other runoff. We have engineers that we've been working with for a couple years now getting public records to find out. We know there's a problem, but I think it's bigger than just telling the county to fix drainage. And as we make public records requests, we get more information. It's like a nesting doll. We keep – we're trying to find out why the problem happens, not just, okay, fix that culvert. I don't think it's that simple. Okay. And that's our problem. I would – I am actually also as trustee, I'm permitting a request for a stay in abatement. While we try to figure out and get an engineered report and solution that we can discuss with county. Okay. So you want to give that to – Can I add one thing? Sure. Both the stay in abatements, one is more of a legal stay in abatements. The other one is more of a technical one, and that's what we're looking for, the relief. We're not here to not comply or what have you. We've been put in an awkward situation with Transportation Corridor. And I would like to ask one other question, Your Honor. On the December 5th, I wasn't present, but I watched the video, and you said you're going to re – I don't want to put words in your mouth, but you're going to look back to the record because you weren't aware of the flooding. But I've been in here, this will be my third time, and every time I've been in here, I've told you that there was an infrastructure problem. I remember the pictures and the flooding and stuff like that. No, but even since the first tree one, because these trees and this fill, they're just indicators of this infrastructure problem. So we want to work with the county, but we need them to actually work with us. We thought we were doing so, that's why we had the permission to bring in the – put the retaining wall in, which is part of the permits, whether the fill dirt and what have you. So I'm a little baffled. We really need the county to reconcile their own public record. Okay. Thank you for your time, sir. Your Honor, we do object. They did have the – their appellate process where they could have addressed this. We still think it's appropriate today for the fines to be assessed, and there's probably another legal remedy for them. And if there's something that comes back, I think that's something that we could address. Well, and I was going to point out to them, you know, what you've raised in terms of being unable to get information and stuff, as the fund accumulates, once you're in compliance, then you can come back before me. And those are good reasons if the county was not able to give you what you needed to do that, then those – I can reduce that fine. Well, we're getting this, but when we get the public request, and then there's additional stuff that we need to get from St. John's Water Management, it's an ongoing request at this moment, Your Honor. Okay. I mean, we're working due diligently. We've had one PE, civil engineer, before we even did anything on the property, he was obtained. We had a structural engineer obtained before we did anything on the property, and then we had a second one. They are going to update their reports based upon all the different findings from the public records from the counties of public works and or FDOT and St. John's Water Management, but it's just a long process at this point. So we appreciate whatever you can do at this time, Your Honor. Okay. All right. Is that everything on this particular part issue? Because we have one more to do, which is the tree, I believe. Is that correct? That's correct. I have not been noticed on the tree issue. The only issue, the only notice I received is for the fill. I wasn't served, Your Honor, either. I just found out from the trust attorney two or three days ago, and I haven't received any mail. So I'd like the court to update my address to be able to make sure I get mail so I'm always on top of things. Okay. What address do we have for him right now, just so we're clear on the record? The current address is at 17601 Veterans Way, which is incorrect because no one's living at that property. Yeah, that's not the actual property at issue here. Yes. It's not his home. Yeah. That's the notice I suppose was sent to you. My address, for the record, is 171 Star Lake Drive, Hawthorne, Florida, 32640. Do you want me to leave my current license with the... No, that's fine, just as long as I want to make sure that... So if the county's looking to see whether you... where they sent it to. Well, I'd like to continue us on the trees because I didn't have the abatants for that this morning, Your Honor. I could do that quickly. So if you would like to schedule something... Well, it would be scheduled at the next monthly meeting, which would be June the 1st. That'd be great. Once again, Your Honor, I came here voluntarily. I don't even see the paperwork that why we're here... I understand. Well, you're here for the other one, yeah, which I think you did get notice on, but yeah. Your Honor, I was reserved by certified mail, but only on the fill issue, not on the tree issue. Okay. Do you have any objection till we move it to next month? We have no objection to that, Your Honor, which I don't think we have... We'll get the addresses correct to make sure they get... Okay, so at the earliest, it would be the first... Again, to remind the magistrate is, it's hard for us to address the planting or replanting of trees and landscaping issues without the property issue being self-first. It's an unstable site, Your Honor. I understand. I understand. So yeah, I understand the chicken and egg thing. Yes. Okay. Thank you. All right. So we'll continue the tree one until next month or whenever the county and you all can agree to bring it back up. Anything else on either of you? I would like to add something. If it could be like in two months, I would think we should have... I would hope we'd have all the rest of our public request records so we can get these two... Because the engineers need like two, three weeks after they get all this stuff. Okay. Does the county have an objection to bring it up for two months from now? This is just... It's a penalty hearing here. It's not enough. Besides June, you mean... Yes, the county has objection, but we will agree to July 2nd. Okay. So it will be the first Thursday in July, and I'll give you... A little more than 60 days to deal with the engineering issue. Okay. And hopefully you have a resolution at that point. The only thing I'd like to add, can we get with you guys within the next 30 to 45 days, depending on this role? We got multiple roles coming from multiple departments. And then what we're finding... Excuse me, sir. Okay. And then we're finding that certain citizens' portals don't match up with other ones, so now we're having requests on top of requests, because there's multiple portals for the same parcel, whether it be the parcel itself and or be the county clerk's entry of the portal. Now we've recognized that there's three different entries of the same portal. Mr. Magister, we're unaware of them asking for any public records. If they're talking about citizen-serve, I can work with growth management and see what they've requested. And I would just want to remind them we can go to July 2nd, but the fines continue to accrue. Sure. I think that's interesting. So, yeah, so it sounds to me like you need to get with... The requests have been going through the county commissioner's office as well as the other judicial or non-judicial... So are you doing this online, or are you actually speaking to someone for... No, I'm paying for these, and I'm doing it speaking and online. Is this a Chapter 119 request, or is this a... I don't want to... I got them right here on my phone. I could look them up, but there's multiple requests that we've been... But, no, I've been speaking to people on the phone. I've been communicating via email, and we have multiple rolling portals. Okay. So I'm sorry the county don't know, but the county does know. Mr. Magistrate, the public records requests go through the county attorney's office, so that's why there was a little confusion there. Quick, state your name for the records, just so... Corbin Hanson with the county attorney's office. As far as those records requests go, we have provided responsive records. There were some follow-up requests. We're working on those as well. Okay, so you are doing Chapter 119. Yes. They do are in Chapter 119. Yes, sir. I was trying to figure out. Okay, so you are working through that process, because you can also get stuff online without ever letting the county know that you've been there asking for stuff. And that's not reconciling, Your Honor. We are doing that. Okay. All right. Good. All right. Thank you. Thank you. All right. So you will be back, hopefully, in July with a resolution. Yeah. Once again, we're going to check in with, who do we check in with? You, the court? Oh, you would apply. Actually, you'll be coordinating with the county attorney's office, because they would, and the county code enforcement folks, because they would put this on the agenda. You would get notice now that we have your correct address. And so it's going to be set for July. Yeah. The PEs have already been retained and prepaid for their services. We just can't give them partial stuff. It doesn't make any. Understood. They need the full documentation. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. Anything else before? No, Your Honor. Your Honor. All right. All right. This hearing concludes at 10.09. Thank you, Your Honor, for your time. Thank you. Mm-hmm.