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Pampa resident urges city to condemn and clear neighboring property she describes as hazardous
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Summary
Resident Darla Starbuck told commissioners her elderly mother has lived next to a deteriorating, trash-filled property for years and asked the city to condemn and remove the structure at A Thousand South Sumner.
Darla Starbuck, a Pampa resident, told the City Commission that her 85-year-old mother has lived for decades near a property on South Sumner that Starbuck said is unfit to live in and a continuing nuisance to neighbors.
"My parents have lived at A Thousand 8 South Sumner for 63 years... The property of the Thousand South Sumner should be condemned. It is not fit to live in," Starbuck said, reading an email she said she sent to her mother's commissioner that morning. Starbuck described a yard filled with junk, travel trailers and metal debris, said the occupants appear to lack electricity and running water, and said rodents from accumulated junk have affected her mother's property.
Starbuck said her mother and sister have repeatedly contacted code enforcement and the property owner, but that the condition has continued "for at least 4 years." Starbuck said she brought photographs to the meeting to show commissioners the condition of the lot and said she planned to attend the commissioner's meeting that day to press the issue.
Why it matters
Starbuck framed the matter as an ongoing code-enforcement and public-health concern affecting an elderly resident and neighboring properties. She also said children live at the house next door and expressed concern that they may not be attending school. The complaint, as described in public comment, asks the city to use condemnation procedures to clear the property.
What was said and next steps
Starbuck requested that the city condemn and demolish the structure and clear the lot to prevent continuing problems for her mother and neighbors. The transcript records her public comment and that she provided photos to staff; the meeting record does not show a formal code-enforcement action or a commission directive taken during this session. If commissioners or staff take follow-up action (referral to code enforcement or placement on a future agenda), that action was not recorded in the meeting transcript.
