09-01-22 CESM Adopted MinutesMINUTES
Code Enforcement Special Magistrate Meeting
Thursday, September 1, 2022 - 2:00 PM
Commission Chamber
Present: Angela Irizarry, Code Enforcement Officer
Suzanne Green, Special Magistrate
Ladayija Nichols, Deputy City Clerk(DCC)
1. CALL TO ORDER
Magistrate Green called the meeting to order at 2:00 P.M.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Approve minutes of the July 7th, 2022 regular meeting of the Special Magistrate
meeting.
The minutes were approved as submitted.
3. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH
Magistrate Green administered the Oath to the attendees, staff and respondents.
4. OLD BUSINESS
A. CASE#: 21-037
NAME: Havens Peter *
ADDRESS: 94 W 13th St
Testified: CE Officer Irizarry
Respondent: Peter Havens was not present.
Action: The matter is deferred until the November 3, 2022 Code Enforcement hearing
date.
5. NEW BUSINESS
A. CASE#: 22-029
NAME: Blakely Matthew Et Al *
ADDRESS: 1448 Camelia St
Testified: CE Officer Irizarry
Code Enforcement Special Magistrate
September 1,2022
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Respondent: Matthew Blakely was present.
Action: The matter is deferred until the November 3, 2022 Code Enforcement hearing
date.
4B. CASE#: 21-052
NAME: Brenda Page
ADDRESS: 1251 Tulip St
Testified: CE Officer Irizarry, Paul Eakin on behalf of respondent.
Counsel referenced email correspondence from their engineer, Fortress Engineering
Group, dated August 26, 2022 and entered into evidence which is attached hereto and
made part of this Official Record as Exhibit 1.
Respondent: Brenda Page was present.
Action: That a City electrician shall inspect the property by September 21, 2022. Upon
inspection, Respondent shall submit a demolition. The City of Atlantic Beach shall
review the application and any further ruling shall be deferred, if needed.
Exhibit 1
6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further discussion,Magistrate Green declared the meeting adjourned at 2:40 p.m.
Attest:
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Suzanne Green, Special Magistrate Vaness ngers, Records Clerk
Code Enforcement Special Magistrate
September 1,2022
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Exhibit 1
Jessica Lewis
From: Steve McCorvey <steve@fortressengineeringgroup.com>
Sent: Friday,August 26,2022 2:31 PM
To: Jessica Lewis
Cc: Victoria Cooney VV.
Subject: Re: 1451 Tulip Street- Brenda Page
Sip
What did Brenda ask you to do?We were retained to inspect the work and confirm if it was
constructed properly. After our inspection and determination that multiple deficiencies were present,
she hired us for an additional scope of work to provide structural drawings depicting what should
have been constructed so she had a baseline for litigation.
Could you tell whether the structure that was standing there was built within the plans you provided?
The structure was not built to our plan or standard building practices. There are likely additional
discrepancies that were not visible with the siding and drywall already installed at the time of our
inspection. However, at a minimum, the walls were constructed without footers(foundations)
beneath, the block "stemwall"appeared ungrouted without steel reinforcement, the trusses were not
certified or documented by a truss engineer, the floor support beam was undersized and improperly
oriented, the sheathing was inadequately fastened, and we do not see evidence that uplift rods were
installed in the walls as required by code.
Do we have to do destructive testing? Knowing that there are already multiple deficiencies that were
already built, I do not see much value in further testing or evaluation. The majority of the structural
components will require reworking or replacement.
Stephen McCorvey
Professional Engineer,Fortress Engineering Group
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t j904)878-4180
f. steve@fortressenoineerinaoroua.com
FortressEnoineeri ngGrouo.com
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