Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2020 07 23

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Concerns relating to City • Expired Roof permit: (over 180 days) before work on Roof started • No Siding permit: (12'X13' section) • No Deck permit: (Need to give verbal explanation) • Contractor's employee or subcontractor advised me via phone and text conversations he has not been paid; $4,000.00 for Siding job. Alex M Smitley 800 South Santa Fe Ave Lot G29 Fountain, Co. 80817 Notes: The two young men Severy Creek Roofing hired were not "regular" employees of the company; they were from Fountain, Colorado looking for some work. They arrived in a small compact car with their limited tools and asked if I had a ladder he could use. I didn't have one. He went and purchased a ladder from Louisville Lowes. This is where I should have said enough is enough and cancel everything. Siding materials were 16' x 1' boards (16'long to eliminate seems) o To get material from store to house they cut them in half so they would fit in his car. (Not good) o Material dropped off November 20, 2019 o Raw materials rested against the house exposed to rain and snow for 34 days o Texted Steve on December 9, 2019 that boards where getting wet and why he hasn't finished the job, he said he'd take care of it. o Started siding job December 20, 2019; 34 days later. Prior to this on November 14`h, his partner was left at our home by himself painting and a third man came to home and they began demolishing the Deck. I got home and saw what he was doing and asked why he tore down the railings, half of the floor, posts and the stairs. He said Steve told him to start tearing down the deck. My wife watched him rip the posts and iron rails down instead of unscrewing them. Throwing them down from mid house (11 feet) to the ground, bending and scratching them; the posts and iron rails were to be reused. I asked him if Steve got a permit, he said he didn't know. On December 16`h at 9:091 texted him and sent pictures of what was going on. He texted back that he would call later. Didn'tl I I never does) My wife got talking to them and found out that they were from Fountain and they planned to go home every night or sleep in their car; the friend in Lafayette offered his place. On December 20, 2019,1 found out from Alex the other young man's name was Sean and he was put in jail and he never saw him again. Alex said he could finish the job by himself and wife. Alex and his wife worked all day and into the night on the siding, 2 days prior to Christmas Eve. Wher they were leaving for the day, my wife gave them a gift certificate to a restaurant for dinner. Alex and his wife are very nice people, but he was out of his league for this job.