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BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION The Building and Standards Commission (BSC) convened remotely via video conference for a regular meeting on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. The meeting was available for viewing live at http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn- live. Commission Members in Attendance: Chair Andrea Freiburger; Vice Chair Pablo Avila; and, Commissioners: Wordy Thompson, John Green, Elizabeth Mueller, Timothy Stostad, Edgar Farrera, Natalya Sheddan, James Briceno and Ex Officio Commissioner Chief Thomas Vocke. Commissioner Sade Ogunbode was absent. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Date: March 24, 2021 Staff in Attendance: Melanie Alley, Code Review Analyst/BSC Coordinator; Robert Moore, Code Division Manager; Marlayna Wright, Code Supervisor; James Candelas, Program Specialist; Farah Presley, Investigator; Justin Brummer, Code Acting Supervisor; Willis Adams, Code Inspector; Brandon Carr, Assistant City Attorney; Elizabeth Brummett, Development Services Manager, Housing and Planning Department; Communications and Technology Management Department. CALL TO ORDER Chair Freiburger called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:33 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Green moved to approve the minutes from the February 24, 2021 regular meeting, seconded by Commissioner Thompson. The February meeting minutes were approved on a 6-0-2 vote. Commissioners Farrera and Sheddan abstained. Vice Chair Avila was absent. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Citizens Olivia Overturf and Chivas Watson both provided informational testimony to the Commission to bring awareness of the conditions at the Mount Carmel Village Apartments. Paul Cauduro of the Austin Apartment Association addressed the Commission regarding Austin Code’s Repeat Offender Program. In his testimony, Mr. Cauduro suggested that the threshold to be placed on the Repeat Offender Program is too low and, he would like to see a change to the ordinance. Citizens Elizabeth Wallerstein, Jessica Meyers and Max Meyers, came before the Commission and provided testimony regarding a neighboring property, 201 Mockingbird Lane. The speakers reported claims which included over- occupancy, zoning violations and use, safety concerns, trash and illegal activity. Ms. Meyers also claimed that that a lodging license had been issued for the property, which she claimed was incorrect under a reasonable accommodation clause. PUBLIC COMMENT No one signed up to provide public comment on any agenda item. 1 PUBLIC HEARINGS Owner/Appellant Street Address H. Dalton Wallace 911 Congress, LLC H. Dalton Wallace 911 Congress Avenue 907 Congress Avenue, aka the Grandberry Building 909 Congress Avenue, aka Mitchell- Robertson Building Continued Case(s) Pending Commission Action: Case Number(s) 1. CL 2021-002304 2. CL 2021-002321 3. CL 2021-002327 These properties, continued from the February 24, 2021 meeting, were heard …
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Versión en español a continuación. Meeting of the Building and Standards Commission February 24, 2021 Building and Standards Commission Meeting to be held February 24, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers (property owners, representatives and/or interested parties) must register in advance (one day before the scheduled meeting, Tuesday, February 23, 2021 by Noon). To speak remotely at the February 24, 2021 Building and Standards Commission Meeting, you must: •Call or email Melanie Alley at 512-974-2679 or melanie.alley@austintexas.gov no later than February 23, 2021 by Noon, (one day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, a telephone number and email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, speakers will be contacted with the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak. Late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to melanie.alley@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •Residents may watch a live broadcast of the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live. Reunión del Building and Standards Commission 24 de febrero de 2021 La junta se llevará a cabo el 24 de febrero de 2021 con modificaciones de distanciamiento social. Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores (propietarios, representantes y / o interesados) deben registrarse con anticipación (el martes 23 de febrero de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunion el miercoles 24 de febrero de 2021, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en 512-974-2679 o melanie.alley@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los Page 1 números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. • Una …
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BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION The Building and Standards Commission (BSC) convened remotely via video conference for a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 24, 2021. The meeting was available for viewing live at http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live. Commission Members in Attendance: Chair Andrea Freiburger; and, Commissioners: John Green, Timothy Stostad, James Briceno, Sade Ogunbode, Elizabeth Mueller, Wordy Thompson, and Ex Officio Commissioner Chief Thomas Vocke. Vice Chair Pablo Avila, and Commissioners Edgar Farrera and Natalya Sheddan were absent. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Date: February 24, 2021 Staff in Attendance: Melanie Alley, Code Review Analyst/BSC Coordinator; Robert Moore, Code Division Manager; Marlayna Wright, Code Supervisor; James Candelas, Program Specialist; Farah Presley, Investigator; Matt Noriega, Code Division Manager; Justin Brummer, Code Acting Supervisor; Moses Rodriguez, Code Supervisor; Willis Adams, Code Inspector; John Rodriguez, Code Inspector; Joseph Yost, Code Inspector; Brandon Carr, Assistant City Attorney and Steve Sadowsky, Historic Preservation Officer; Daniel Murphy, CTM A/V Technician. CALL TO ORDER Chair Freiburger called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Attorney Cassandra Shanbaum appeared before the Commission as an owner representative for 1516 Burton Drive, Building B-2 (Retaining Wall); Case # CL 2019-223860, also known as Solaris Apartments. She stated that the referenced case is now in compliance and requested that the case be placed on the next meeting agenda regarding penalty relief. Chair Freiburger deferred any decision until the end of the meeting when future agenda items would be discussed. PUBLIC COMMENT 1407 Newning Avenue; CL 2021-021539 – Next door neighbor and interested party Jack ”Trey” McCall testified regarding the conditions present at Item # 7 on the agenda and urged the Commission to take action regarding this property. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Green moved to approve the minutes from the January 28, 2021 special called meeting, seconded by Commissioner Mueller. The January meeting minutes were approved on a 7-0-0 vote. Vice Chair Pablo Avila, and Commissioners Farrera and Sheddan were absent. PUBLIC HEARINGS 1 Owner/Appellant Street Address H. Dalton Wallace 911 Congress, LLC Grandberry Building H. Dalton Wallace 907 Congress Avenue, aka the (Robertson Building) 911 Congress Avenue 909 Congress Avenue, aka Mitchell- Continued Case(s) Pending Commission Action: Case Number(s) 1. CL 2021-002304 2. CL 2021-002321 3. CL 2021-002327 These properties, continued from the January 28, 2021 meeting, were heard concurrently and were represented at the hearing by the owner’s representative, Leah Bojo. Steve Sadowsky from the Housing and Planning Department and Ex …
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Versión en español a continuación. Special Called Meeting of the Building and Standards Commission January 28, 2021 Building and Standards Commission Meeting to be held January 28, 2021 with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers (property owners, representatives and/or interested parties) must register in advance (one day before the scheduled meeting, Wednesday, January 27, 2021 by Noon). To speak remotely at the January 28, 2021 Building and Standards Commission Meeting, you must: •Call or email Melanie Alley at 512-974-2679 or melanie.alley@austintexas.gov no later than January 27, 2021 by Noon, (one day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, a telephone number and email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, speakers will be contacted with the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak. Late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to melanie.alley@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •Residents may watch a live broadcast of the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live. Reunión del Building and Standards Commission 28 de enero de 2021 La junta se llevará a cabo el 28 de enero de 2021 con modificaciones de distanciamiento social. Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores (propietarios, representantes y / o interesados) deben registrarse con anticipación (el miercoles 27 de enero de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunion el jueves 28 de enero de 2021, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en 512-974-2679 o melanie.alley@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los Page 1 números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. …
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BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES The Building and Standards Commission (BSC) convened remotely via video conference for a special called meeting on Thursday, January 28, 2021. The meeting was available for viewing live at http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch-atxn-live. Commission Members in Attendance: Chair Andrea Freiburger; Vice Chair Pablo Avila; Commissioners: John Green, Timothy Stostad, James Briceno, Sade Ogunbode, Elizabeth Mueller, Wordy Thompson, Edgar Farrera, Natalya Sheddan and Ex Officio Commissioner Chief Thomas Vocke. Date: January 28, 2021 Staff in Attendance: Melanie Alley, Code Review Analyst/BSC Coordinator; Robert Moore, Division Manager; Marlayna Wright, Supervisor; James Candelas, Program Specialist; Farah Presley, Inspector; Willis Adams, Code Inspector; Alicia Tovar, Acting Supervisor; Brandon Carr, Assistant City Attorney CALL TO ORDER Chair Freiburger called the Commission Meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION Aime Polivka of the 305 Flats tenant association and Gabby Garcia of BASTA appeared before the Commission to speak about conditions at 305 Flats, located at 305 W. 35th Street. Ms. Garcia read a written statement from tenant Sam Kirsch about the conditions at 305 Flats and provided her own testimony regarding the conditions at the property and the Repeat Offender Program. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Green moved to approve the minutes from the December 9, 2020 regular meeting, seconded by Commissioner Mueller. The December meeting minutes were approved on an 8-0-1 vote, with Commissioner Farrera abstaining. PUBLIC HEARINGS Continued Case(s) Pending Commission Action: 2. CL 2020-017823 This case was continued from the December 9, 2020 meeting. The property was represented at the hearing by Henry Gilmore, attorney for the current owner, i.e., DRK 2411 Longview Austin LLC, and Kwan Sun, Manager of current owner group, as well as Jacob Frumkin, previous owner. Vice Chair Avila admitted Exhibits 7 and 8A-8E. 2411 Longview Street Hosebark, LLLP 1 Vice Chair Avila moved to close the public hearing. The recommended order was for repair within 45 days, with a penalty of $2,000 per week to begin to accrue on the 91st day if not in compliance. Commissioner Mueller made an alternative motion for demolition within 90 days, and on the 91st day, if compliance has not been met, to authorize the code official to proceed with demolition, and file a lien for all expenses incurred. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Green. The motion passed on an 8-0-1 vote. Commissioner Green was off dais and Chair Freiburger recused herself. Returning Case(s): Stanley G. …
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