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OF LABOR OF LOVE.TODAY WE ARE WITH PROPERTY STANDARDS, DOING SOME INSPECTING.
TODAY I AM GONNA INTRODUCE YOU TO TWO TEAM PLAY-DOH MEMBERS IN PROPERTY STANDARDS.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE BEN ADELE, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF WALKING MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES ACROSS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PLACES THAT PEOPLE ARE LIVING ARE SAFE, HEALTHY, UM, A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.
YOU MAY WONDER WHY VIOLATIONS LIKE PEELING PAINT ARE A BIG DEAL FOR BEN TO CATCH WHILE LEAVING THE WOOD EXPOSED COULD CAUSE IT TO ROT OR METAL TO RUST BECAUSE THEN YOU START, YOU KNOW, YOU GET LIKE A HOLE IN THE WOOD.
NOW YOU'VE GOT LIKE A SQUIRREL THAT CAN GET INTO THE ATTIC.
THE SQUIRREL CAN NOW CHEW, CHEW ON.
SO THEN YOUR SQUIRREL STARTS CHEWING ON WIRES, CAUSES A FIRE, AND NOW YOU'VE GOT A BIG FIRE AT A PLACE.
SO YOU CAN'T TELL YOUR INSURANCE.
RIGHT? SO LET'S TAKE A PEEK INSIDE THE UNIT.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? IT WAS LIKE, IT WAS LIKE, THERE'S A CAT IN HERE.
BEN CHECKS THINGS LIKE OUTLETS AND BREAKER BOXES, AND OF COURSE THE SMOKE ALARMS, BUT BEWARE THE JUMP SCARE.
AND JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING THE HANG OF THIS PROPERTY STANDARDS THING, KIDS DIDNT GO BACK IN.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA GO BACK IN.
NOW WE'LL LEAVE BEN TO NOTIFY THE COMPLEX OF MY MISHAP WHILE I INTRODUCE YOU TO ADRIANA MARTINEZ.
SHE FINDS VIOLATIONS THROUGHOUT SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THIS PROPERTY, DURING MY PROACTIVE INSPECTION, I OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS A DEAD TREE.
SO THIS WAS A BIG TREE, HUH? IT WAS HUGE.
SHE WAS A THICK GUMS. SHE DIDN'T MAKE IT.
THE ELDERLY WOMAN AT THIS PROPERTY WAS ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE THROUGH PROPERTY STANDARDS TO GET THE TREE REMOVED.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REINSPECT AND CLOSE OUT THAT VIOLATION.
'CAUSE IT, IT PROVIDES JUST RELIEF.
ADRIANA HAS NINE YEARS UNDER HER BELT HERE AND RECOMMENDS THOSE WHO ENJOY FIELD WORK AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO LOOK INTO THIS JOB HELPING OUT PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY MAKES ME HAPPY.
SOME DAYS ARE HARD, BUT ALL THE GOOD DAYS REALLY MAKE UP FOR THEM.
WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A SERVICE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE APPREHENSION TOWARDS US.
UM, BUT WE WE'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO HELP OUT.
I CAN TELL JUST THE MOTIVATION THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE, ARE ASSISTED.
I CAN JUST TELL FROM SPENDING THIS LAST 20 MINUTES WITH YOU THAT YOU REALLY LOVE WHAT YOU DO.
THANKS FOR WATCHING ANOTHER EPISODE.
WE'LL HAVE PLENTY MORE ON THE WAY.
THIS IS LABOR OF LOVE WITH THE CITY OF PLANO.