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Approved Minutes

BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, October 26, 2022 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022 The BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION convened in a REGULAR meeting on 26 OCTOBER, 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 6:48 p.m. Board Members/Commissioners in Attendance: Vice Chair Edgar Farrera, Commissioners: Joseph Benigno, Michael Francis, Andrea Freiburger, John Green, 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 before the Commission for public communication. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approve the minutes of the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETINGS on SEPTEMBER 28, 2022. The minutes from the meeting of SEPTEMBER 28, 2022 was approved on COMMISSIONER MUELLER’S motion, COMMISSIONER FREIBURGER’S second on a 7-0-2 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE was absent. PUBLIC HEARINGS Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2022-152966. Property address: 518 SUNNY LANE The public hearing was closed on COMMISSIONER BENIGNO’S motion. A motion to grant the appeal in opposition to Austin Code staff’s recommendation to deny the appeal was approved on COMMISSIONER BENIGNO’S motion, COMMISSIONER THOMPOSON SECOND on 6-3-0 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE was absent. 1. 2. 1 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Conduct a public hearing and consider case number OL 2020-041835. Property address: 8900 N. IH 35 SVRD SB, aka Orbit Apartments. The public hearing was closed on COMMISSIONER GREEN’S motion. A motion to uphold Austin Code staff’s recommendation to deny the appeal was voted down on COMMISSIONER MUELLER’S motion, COMMISSIONER FRANCIS SECOND on 3-6-0 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE was absent. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2017-138423. Property address: 1810 CLIFFORD AVENUE The public hearing was closed on VICE CHAIR FARERRA’S motion. The motion to modify Austin Code staff’s recommendation to modify the 2017 BSC order, by changing demolition timeframe from 45 to 90 days, and to reduce current penalties owed from 25 percent to 10 percent and keeping in place the authorization for the Code Official to proceed with demolition on the 91st day, as approved on COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’ motion, COMMISSIONER SELIG second on an 8-0-0 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE was absent. COMMISSIONER GREEN was off dais. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2017-129687. Property address: 4807 CREEKWOOD ROAD The public hearing was closed on COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’ motion. The motion to modify Austin Code staff’s recommendation to modify the 2017 BSC order, by reducing the current penalties owed to 10 percent of the total and to extend the timeframe for demolition of the attached carport structure from 45 to 90 days, and keeping in place the authorization for the Code Official to proceed with demolition on the 91st day, was approved on COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’ motion, COMMISSIONER SELIG second on an 8-0-0 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE was absent. COMMISSIONER GREEN was off dais. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2022-152460. Property address: 403 HACKBERRY LANE This item was withdrawn from the agenda by Staff and was not heard by the Commission. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2022-152437. Property address: 405 HACKBERRY LANE This item was withdrawn from the agenda by Staff and was not heard by the Commission. A motion to waive the rules and allow the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION to continue the meeting until 10:20 p.m. was approved on VICE CHAIR FARERRA’S MOTION, COMMISSIONER BENIGNO SECOND on an 8-0-0 vote. CHAIR OGUNBODE was absent. COMMISSIONER GREEN was off dais. 2 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, October 26, 2022 VICE CHAIR FARRERA adjourned the meeting at 10:11 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the December 7, 2022 meeting on COMMISSIONER FREIBURGER’S motion, COMMISSIONER MUELLER second on a 8-0 vote. VICE CHAIR FARRERA and COMMISSIONER BENIGNO were absent. 3