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Approved Minutes

BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, July 23, 2025 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, July 23, 2025 The BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION convened in a REGULAR meeting on 23 July 2025, at the CITY OF AUSTIN PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER (PDC), 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DRIVE, ROOM 1405, in Austin, Texas. VICE CHAIR BLAINE CAMPBELL called COMMISSION (BSC) Meeting to order at 6:41 p.m. the BUILDING AND STANDARDS Commissioners in Attendance: Vice Chair Blaine Campbell, Commissioners: Michael Francis, Kurt Lockhart, Maria Elena O Ibarra, Jeffrey S. Musgrove and Raisch Tomlanovich Commissioners in Attendance Remotely: Commissioner Grant Gilker and Ex Officio Commissioner Fire Captain Brian Oehler PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL Neighbors Jason Lindenschmidt and Molly Barksdale addressed the commission concerning an abandoned residential structure located at 5103 Valley Oak Drive. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING on June 25, 2025. The minutes from the meeting of June 25, 2025 were approved on VICE CHAIR CAMPBELL’s motion, COMMISSIONER IBARRA’s second, with no objections. PUBLIC HEARINGS 2. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2025-057370; Property address: 6849 Auckland Drive. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE moved to close the public hearing, COMMISSIONER LOCKHART’s second, with no objections. COMMISSIONER LOCKHART moved to adopt the findings of fact, conclusions of law and adopt City staff’s recommendation for repair of the residential structure within 45 days, with a civil penalty of $250 per week 1 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, July 23, 2025 beginning on the 46th day from the date the order is mailed and continuing until compliance is achieved, COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE’s second. The motion carried on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. 3. Conduct a public hearing and consider case numbers CL 2025-079112; Property address: 20 N IH 35, SVRD SB, aka Holiday Inn – Townlake. COMMISSIONER IBARRA moved to close the public hearing, COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE’s second, with no objections. COMISSIONER FRANCIS moved to adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law and adopt City staff’s recommendation for repair of the fire protection and life safety systems of the commercial structure within 30 days, and, within 90 days, to obtain an engineer’s report and complete any repairs identified in the engineering report, and repair all violations cited to the parking garage structure, COMMISSIONER LOCKHART’s second. The motion carried on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. 4. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2025-958615; Property address: 1714 Patton Lane, also known as 1712 Patton Lane. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE moved to close the public hearing, COMMISSIONER IBARRAs second, with no objections. COMMISSIONER FRANCIS moved to adopt the findings of fact, conclusions of law and adopt City staff’s recommendation for repair of the commercial multi-family structure with the modification that the compliance timeframe be changed from 45 days to 30 days, with fines beginning on the 31st day if compliance is not achieved COMMISSIONER LOCKHART’s second. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE proposed a friendly amendment to change the penalty for non-compliance from $1000 per week to $1000 per day. The friendly amendment was accepted by COMMISSIONER FRANCIS and was seconded by COMMISSIONER IBARRA. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE proposed a friendly amendment to change the penalty for non-compliance from $1000 per week to $1000 per day per violation. The friendly amendment was accepted seconded by COMMISSIONER by COMMISSIONER FRANCIS and was TOMLANOVICH. The amendment carried on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. The amended motion carried on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. 5. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2025-085215; Property address: 1800 Patton Lane. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE moved to close the public hearing, COMMISSIONER IBARRAs second, with no objections. COMMISSIONER IBARRAs moved to adopt the findings of fact, conclusions of law and adopt City staff’s recommendation for repair of the commercial multi-family structure with the modification that the compliance timeframe be changed from 45 days to 30 days, with fines beginning on the 31st day if compliance is not achieved, and the modification of the penalty from $1000 per week to $1000 per day per violation, COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’s second. The motion carried on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. 2 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, July 23, 2025 6. Conduct a public hearing and consider case numbers CL 2025-071669; CL 2025-071621; CL 2025-071660; CL 2025-071635; 2025-071712; CL 2025-071724; CL 2025-071729; CL 2025-071755 and CL 2025-071803; Property address: 2606 Wheless Lane – Office and Buildings 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, also known as Velo Flats. to the close public hearing, COMMISSIONER TOMLANOVICH moved COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE’s second, with no objections. COMMISSIONER TOMLANOVICH moved to adopt the findings of fact, conclusions of law and adopt City staff’s recommendation for repair of the commercial structures within 45 days, with a civil penalty of $1000 per week for each of the nine cases, beginning on the 46th day from the date the orders are mailed and continuing until compliance is achieved, COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’s second. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE proposed a friendly amendment to require repair of the commercial structures within 30 days, with a civil penalty of $1000 per day for each of the nine cases, beginning on the 31st day from the date the orders are mailed and continuing until compliance is achieved, COMMISSIONER LOCKHART’s second. COMMISSIONER TOMLANOVICH accepted the amendment. The amendment passed on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. The amended motion carried on a 7-0 vote. CHAIR STOSTAD was absent. 7. Conduct a public hearing and consider case number CL 2023-039406; Property address: 2503 E. Oltorf Street, Building 12 – Exterior; also known as 2317 S Pleasant Valley Road, aka 2502 E Oltorf Street, and aka Trio Phase 2. COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE moved to close the public hearing, COMMISSIONER IBARRAs second, with no objections. COMMISSIONER FRANCIS moved to adopt the findings of fact, conclusions of law and adopt City Staff’s recommendation to adopt staff’s the civil penalty with no reduction, recommendation COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE’s second. The motion passed on an 7-0 vote. the entirety of to affirm DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM 8. Discussion and possible action on the draft Annual Internal Review Report, which includes a statement of the Commission’s mission, actions taken to support that mission, and the Commission’s goals and objectives for the new calendar year. No Action was taken. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS CL 2022-081468 - 5207 Prock Lane, will be heard at the next available meeting. 3 BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, July 23, 2025 COMMISSIONER MUSGROVE moved the meeting, COMMISSIONER TOMLANOVICH’s second, VICE CHAIR CAMPBELL adjourned the meeting at 9:59 p.m. without objection. to adjourn The minutes were approved at the October 8, 2025 special called meeting on COMMISSIONER FRANCIS’ motion, COMMISSIONER LOCKHART’s second on a 7-0 vote. 4