Building and Standards Commission Regular Meeting of the Building and Standards Commission

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BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING Date: February 26, 2020 MINUTES The Building and Standards Commission (BSC) convened for a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at City Hall, Boards and Commission Room, Room 1101, 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, Texas. Commission Members in Attendance: Jessica Mangrum, Chair; Andrea Freiburger, Vice Chair; Commissioners: Natalya Sheddan, Wordy Thompson, Timothy Stostad, James Briceno, Pablo Avila, John Green, Liz Mueller and Ex Officio/Fire Marshall, Tom Vocke. Commissioners Sade Ogunbode and Edgar Farrera were absent. Staff in Attendance: Melanie Alley, Code Review Analyst/BSC Coordinator; Robert Moore, Division Manager; Marlayna Wright, Investigator; Farah Presley, Inspector; James Candelas, Program Specialist; Brandon Carr, Assistant City Attorney; Elaine Garrett, Assistant Director; Justin Brummer, Investigator; Irma Ybarra, Inspector; Willis Adams, Inspector; Aurelio Martinez, Inspector; Richard Lamancusa, Inspector; Lisa DeRoche, Administrative Manager; Brian Egan, Inspector; Amber Woolwine, Permit and Licensing Review Analyst; Amy Moosman, Community Engagement Specialist and Derek Mobley, Video Production Specialist. CALL TO ORDER Chair Jessica Mangrum called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Vice Chair Freiburger moved to approve the minutes from the January 22, 2020 regular meeting seconded by Commissioner Avila. The motion failed on a 5-0-3 vote. Chair Mangrum, as well as Commissioners Thompson and Sheddan abstained from the vote. A second vote was taken at the end of the meeting, which carried on a 6-0-2 vote, approving the January meeting minutes. Commissioner Sheddan and Chair Mangrum abstained. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: One citizen, Chereen Fisher appeared to address the Commission regarding renewal of an expired Type 2 short term rental license and requested this be added to the March agenda. The request was discussed during future agenda items. However, it was decided not to add the item to the agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS Case Number New Case(s): 1. CL 2020-016421 CL 2020-016441 CL 2020-016523 CL 2019-016576 CL 2020-016617 CL 2020-016619 CL 2020-016656 CL 2020-016661 CL 2020-016816 CL 2020-017021 Owner(s) Street Address 1124 Rutland Drive (aka Creeks Edge Apartments) CSC North Austin Realty LLC Building 1 - Exterior Building 2 - Exterior Building 3 - Exterior Building 7 - Exterior Building 8 - Exterior Building 9 - Exterior Building 11- Exterior Building 11 - Unit 93 Building 12 - Unit 108 Building 12 - Unit 110 1 The property was represented at the hearing by the owner representatives Tyler Hollenbach and Luke Godsa; and witnesses Gabby Garcia (BASTA); and Jose Perez and …