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Approved Minutes

BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2022 The BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION convened in a REGULAR meeting on 27 July 2022, at the CITY OF AUSTIN PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (PDC), 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive, Room 1405, in Austin, Texas. Vice Chair FARRERA called the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION (BSC) Meeting to order at 6:41 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Vice Chair Edgar Farrera; Commissioners: Joseph Benigno, Michael Francis, Andrea Freiburger, Edward Selig, Wordy Thompson and Ex Officio Commissioner Chief Thomas Vocke. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioners Elizabeth Mueller and Timothy Stostad PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No one appeared for Public Communication APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. 2. Approval of the minutes of the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING from the meeting of June 22, 2022 was postponed until the August 24, 2022 meeting. The motion to approve the recommendation (description of recommendation) was approved on BOARD MEMBER’s motion, BOARD MEMBER second on a (vote count) vote. (Include MEMBER NAMES for abstaining, off the dais or absent) PUBLIC HEARINGS Conduct a public hearing and consider case numbers: CL 2022-102096; CL 2022-102152; CL 2022-102156; CL 2022-103384; CL 2022-103297; CL 2022-102160; CL 2022-103772; CL 2022-102165; CL 2022-103387; CL 2022-103785; 2022-102807; CL 2022-103395; CL 2022-102798; CL 2022-102818; CL 2022-102828; CL 2022-103396; CL 2022-102841; CL 2022-102854; CL 2022-102858; CL 2022-103374; CL 2022-103379; CL 2022-103381; and CL 2022-103761; CL 2022-103780; CL 2022-103789; CL 2022-103793; CL 2022- 103797; CL 2022-103799; CL 2022-103804; CL 2022-103872; CL 2022-103876; CL 1  2022-103882; CL 2022-103961; CL 2022-103910; CL 2022-103957; CL 2022-103916; and CL 2022-103949. Property address: 8527 N. Capital of Texas Highway NB, aka the Falls at Bull Creek - Building 8501 – Exterior; Building 8503 – Exterior; Building 8505 - Exterior, Unit 2012 and Unit 3010; Building 8507 – Exterior and Unit 3015; Building 8509 – Exterior; Unit 2017 and Unit 2018; Building 8511 – Exterior and Unit 3023-2; Building 8513 – Exterior; Building 8515 – Exterior, Fire Damage and Unit 2032; Building 8517 - Exterior; Building 8519 - Exterior; Building 8523 – Exterior; Building 8525 – Exterior; Building 8529 – Exterior; Building 8531 – Exterior; Building 8533 – Exterior; Building 8535– Exterior; Building 8537 – Exterior; Building 8539– Exterior; Building 8541 – Exterior; Building 8543 – Exterior and Unit 2085; Building 8545 – Exterior; Building 8547 – Exterior; Building 8549 – Exterior; Building 8551 – Exterior; Building 8553 – Exterior; Building 8555 – Exterior; Building 8557 – Exterior; and Building 8559 – Exterior. The public hearing was closed on VICE CHAIR FARRERA’S motion, COMMISSIONER SELIG second. The motion to adopt Austin Code staff’s recommendation to combine the 36 cases into 9 Orders for Repair within 90 days, to assess a civil penalty of $1,000 per week (per case) if compliance not achieved within 90 days, and to also require an engineer’s report in 23 of the 36 cases, was approved on COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’ motion, COMMISSIONER SELIG second on an 8-0-0 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE and COMMISSIONER GREEN were absent. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS Discussion and possible action regarding the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION 2021-22 draft Annual Internal Review report was taken up by the Commission as a whole. After reviewing the draft and adding no additional goals, the Commission approved the Annual Internal Review without vote, and was signed by Vice Chair FARRERA. CHAIR OGUNBODE and COMMISSIONER GREEN were absent. Discussion regarding recognition for Commissioner PABLO AVILA. Vice Chair Farrera adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the AUGUST 24, 2022 meeting on COMMISSIONER FREIBURGERS’s motion, COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’ second on a 9-0-0 vote. 3. 4. 2