Appeal of Lee Bozeman to a Revocation of Fire Certificate of
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Occupancy and Order to Vacate at 1695 SEVENTH STREET EAST.
Sponsors:
Yang
Grant to May 10, 2024 for compliance with the March 4, 2024 orders.
Lee Bozeman, tenant, appeared
Sarah Bozeman, daughter of tenant, appeared
Patricia Whitney, attorney o/b/o owner, appeared
Jen Komatsu, owner, appeared via phone
Mariah Adams, Construction Pro, appeared via phone
[Moermond gives background of appeals process]
Staff report by Supervisor Leanna Shaff: recently this address had been in the
hearing room with a compliance date of March 1. The appeal was brought by the
property owner. They were to have the address numbers on the property, and
treatment for infestation. When inspector Vue went to reinspect, the interior work
wasn’t’ complete, so we moved forward with a pending revocation action. That was
set for 3 weeks. If the work was done when we went back, we would have lifted the
revocation, unfortunately it wasn’t, so we placed a vacate order on the building.
Moermond: for the entire building?
Shaff: yes.
Moermond: how many units?
Vue: six.
Moermond: occupancy level?
Shaff: unit number 2 has no electric, that complaint came in today. I was hoping the
property owner would address that.
Whitney: this case was brought to me prior to the hearing officer meeting the first
time, prior to Department of Safety & Inspections being involved. We strategized as
to how to deal with a belligerent and problematic tenant. We had a tentative plan, but
no attorney client privilege at that point. General consultation at that time. In the
interim Ms. Komatsu was dealing with the things Inspector Shaff talked about. She
talked to MS. Bostic, in unit 1, and Ms. Bostic was extremely unhappy with her living
situation. In the course of those discussions, much of which was over email and text,
Ms. Bostic issued her intent to vacate February 15, 2024. Ms. Bostic was a section 8
voucher holder, PHA received notice. Everything was expected to terminate February
15 which would have given Ms. Kamatsu the chance to comply with the City orders.
Ms. Bostic failed to leave. I was notified sometime after that, and I filed an eviction
action March 8 to enforce the notice to vacate. Ms. Bostic refused access multiple
times to maintenance people that had been retained to make the corrections.
Subsequent to being served the eviction complaint, the repair personelle were in the
building on other issues and Ms. Bostic became belligerent and hostile and police
had to be called.
The eviction action was last Thursday. One of the things I asked for this time around
was the opportunity to delay to enforce this eviction action. I submitted the settlement
agreement. She is theoretically leaving this coming Thursday by 3 pm. If she opts not
to, we can petition for a writ of recovery to physically remove her. After talking to
Mariah Adams, who is maintenance in charge of the personelle to make the corrects,
that they are ready to go and corrections should take a minimal amount of time. The