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TECHNICAL THINGS YOU WANT TO IRON OUT FOR? UH, NOPE.
LOOKS LIKE WE, YOU'VE GOT ALL THE CALLERS THAT ARE GOING TO CALL IN AND I THINK WE'RE JUST WAITING ON WHOEVER ELSE SHOWS UP FOR COMMISSIONERS.
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EVENING.I CALLED THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR APRIL 28TH, 2021.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE TIME IS 6:35 PM.
I AM CHAIR OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL ROLL CALL AND I WILL ASK FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT.
PLEASE SIGNIFY THAT YOU WERE HERE.
AND AS A REMINDER, UH, TO THE COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA FOR THE ROLE AND FOR EACH VOTE.
UM, IDEALLY YOU WOULD KEEP IT ON FOR EACH PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL, SO THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
IF YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY FOR A MOMENT OR TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA FOR A MOMENT, BUT WE, WE IDEALLY REALLY WOULD HAVE A QUORUM PRESENCE IN THE PLAIN VIEW.
I AM PRESENT, UM, PABLO ABILA OR VICE CHAIR.
DO WE HAVE
EDGAR FERRERA AND ANDREA THERE'S.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF OTHER COMMISSIONERS CAN HEAR IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE SOMEBODY HAS GOT THEIR, THEIR, UH, COMPUTER UN-MUTED AND LIKE THERE'S A CONVERSATION GOING ON OR SOMETHING.
SO JUST TO REMIND HER, I GUESS IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING TO MUTE YOURSELF, THANK YOU.
UH, NATALIA SHEDDEN DON'T BELIEVE SHE IS JOINING US THIS EVENING.
AND DO WE HAVE FIRE CHIEF, TOM VOKEY WITH US TONIGHT? I'M HERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE WITH US, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MELANIE ELLIE, OUR BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION COORDINATOR.
RIGHT? AND DO WE HAVE PATRICIA LINK? OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY WITH US? YES, I'M HERE.
SO BEFORE THE CASES ARE CALLED, THE COMMISSION WILL ENTERTAIN CITIZEN COMMUNICATION ON ITEMS, NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
EACH, EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES OR SIX MINUTES TOTAL FOR ANYONE REQUIRING INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
ALSO PRIOR TO THE CASES BEING CALLED THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM INTERESTED PARTIES, REGARDING ITEMS THAT ARE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UH, TONIGHT THE COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT A HEARING FOR EACH CASE ON THE AGENDA.
THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER FOUR CASES FROM TWO PROPERTIES.
THE CASES WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.
HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION MAY TAKE A CASE OUT OF ORDER, IF IT IS APPROPRIATE.
ALL ATTENDEES AT THIS HEARING ARE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE APPROPRIATE DECORUM AND CIVILITY.
SO AS NOT TO IMPAIR THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS AND AS COMMISSIONER FOR RAILROAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THAT WOULD INCLUDE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY MUTING, UNLESS YOU ARE ABOUT TO, ABOUT TO SPEAK AT THE COMMITTEE COORDINATOR, MELANIE ALLIE, WE'LL CALL EACH CASE ON THE AGENDA, FOLLOWED BY TESTIMONY.
AUSTIN CODE STAFF WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
WHEN EACH AGENDA ITEM IS CALLED, I WILL ASK IF THE OWNER AND OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY IS PRESENT.
AT WHICH TIME PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ARE PRESENT FOR YOUR CASE AFTER EACH CITY WITNESSES, AFTER EACH CITY, WITNESS TESTIFIES YOU OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVE MAY ASK THE WITNESSES.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TESTIMONY AFTER THE CITY HAS PRESENTED ITS EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES.
YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT YOUR WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE.
YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR CASE.
WHEN THE TIMER INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU MUST FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND WE'LL OUR DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER THIS EVENING.
YES, THIS IS DANIEL MURPHY WITH CTM AT CITY HALL.
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AFTER YOU HAVE PRESENTED YOUR WITNESSES, AUSTIN CODE STAFF MAY ASK YOUR WITNESSES QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TESTIMONY AND AFTER YOU AND THE CITY HAVE PRESENTED EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES, THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF EITHER SIDE, BOTH SIDES, AND THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES AFTER ALL OF THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY IS CONCLUDED.THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE CASE AND VOTE ON A DECISION.
THE COMMISSION'S DECISION WILL BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT, AND A COPY OF THE DECISION WILL BE MAILED TO YOU.
A DECISION OF THE COMMISSION IS FINAL AND BINDING UNLESS APPEALED TO DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AS PROVIDED IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTIONS.
WHEN YOUR CASES CALLED WITNESSES TESTIFY UNDER OATH, ANY PERSON THAT WANTS TO PRESENT TESTIMONY IN ANY CASE BEFORE THE COMMISSION, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND SO THAT YOU MAY BE SWORN IN AND TONIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS A VIRTUAL HEARING, I WILL READ OUT THE OATH AND AFTERWARDS I WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK UP ONLY IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH IT.
DO EACH OF YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU WILL PROVIDE THIS EVENING IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
IF SO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I DO.
AND IF ANYONE OBJECTS TO THE TRUTH OR OBJECTS TO THE OATH, PLEASE STATE SO NOW, OKAY.
IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, WE WILL PROCEED
[CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ]
TO CITIZEN COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT.UM, FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION CHAIR, CHAIR, WE HAVE FIVE PEOPLE I BELIEVE SIGNED UP FOR CITIZEN COMMUNICATION.
SO DO WE HAVE JUSTIN POSES ON THE LINE? I AM ON THE LINE.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THEN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
UH, I'M JUSTIN POSES, I'M FALLING REGARDING 303 CHAPARRAL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S THEM RIGHT OFF HAND.
UM, BASICALLY I JUST WANT TO GET I'M BUYING THE PROPERTY AND I'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED FOR, UH, THE DEMOLITION PERMIT APPLICATION.
IT WAS SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED AS OF TODAY THEY'VE ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT.
SO IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING APPROVED.
UM, MY PLAN IS TO CLEAR THE ENTIRE SITE OF ALL STRUCTURES AND DEBRIS AND DEVELOP THE SITE AND THAT'S THE GIST OF IT.
SO, UH, WE ARE SCHEDULED TO JUST HAVE A STAFF BRIEFING ON THAT PROPERTY THIS EVENING, WHICH IS WHY YOU WERE UNDER CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
IS, IS THAT ALL THAT YOU HAVE FOR NOW? OH, THAT IS, YEAH.
UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR DO I NEED TO REMAIN ON THE LINE? UH, YOU DO NOT NEED TO REMAIN ON THE LINE.
UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY POSTED FOR A STAFF BRIEFING.
WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU, UM, DURING THAT BRIEFING, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING SO.
DO WE HAVE ANNE MARIE ROMERO ON THE LINE? YES MA'AM.
IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THEN PROCEED.
MY NAME IS ANN MARIE ROMERO, AND I'M A FOUNDING MEMBER OF MUELLER FLAT TENET ASSOCIATION.
SINCE NEW, THE MOVING INTO MUELLER FLATS AROUND 10 MONTHS AGO, I'VE EXPERIENCED A MYRIAD OF ISSUES, COCKROACH, INFESTATIONS, SECURITY GATES, NOT WORKING, WHICH LET THEM OPEN 24 SEVEN BROKEN MAILBOXES AND LACK OF WATER.
ONE OUTAGE LASTING AROUND 33 HOURS DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND THE LIST COULD GO ON THESE PROBLEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES WERE EXASPERATED BY THE WINTER STORM.
AFTER THE STORM EULAR FLATS AND FIRMNESS MANAGEMENT HAVE FAILED TO PROVIDE HOT WATER.
AND IN MANY CASES, NO RUNNING WATER AT ALL, LEAVING TENANTS TO DEAL WITH THE EFFECTS OF WATER DAMAGE DUE TO PIPES BURSTING IN MY HOME, I HAVE EXPERIENCED HEAVY WATER DAMAGE FROM PIPES BURSTING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.
FIRST UNFIT, FEBRUARY 18TH AND ON MARCH 2ND EMERGENCY CALLS TO THE OFFICE WERE MET WITH FULL MAILBOXES, OR WHEN I DID GET THROUGH TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, IT WAS DEALT WITH ONLY HOURS AFTER IT WAS TOO LATE TO SALVAGE BELONGINGS OFFERINGS OF A DEHUMIDIFIER BY MANAGEMENT.
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FIRST PIPE BURST NEVER CAME.AND THEN IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO PULL OUT MY SOAKING WET CARPET MOLD STARTED TO GROW AT AN ALARMING RATE, COVERING MY CEILINGS, WALLS AND FURNITURE.
EVEN THEN THEY DID NOT RESPOND TO MY REPEATED EMAILS WITH STATUS THAT HAD PROVIDED STATUS UPDATES AND PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE.
INSTEAD OF HELPING ME MANAGEMENT AND LEASING AGENTS WOULD WALK AWAY FROM ME AND LOCK THEMSELVES IN THE LEASING OFFICE.
THEY REFUSED TO SPEAK WITH ME, TELLING ME THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ALL THE WHILE TRYING TO PROCESS MY INSURANCE CLAIM.
I'VE HAD TO WEAR GOGGLES TRIPLE FACE MASKS AND MULTIPLE GLOVES WHILE LIMITING MY TIME INSIDE.
I STILL, I SUFFERED INCREDIBLY BAD HEADACHES FROM THE AMOUNT OF MOLD.
THIS EXPERIENCE HAS TURNED MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN AND IT'S STILL AFFECTING ME TODAY.
I HAVE LOST ALL OF MY BELONGINGS.
SOME WERE DAMAGED BY WATER AND MOLD AND OTHERS WERE STOLEN BY THE MAINTENANCE TEAM OR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON SITE.
AFTER THEY ENTERED MY HOME TO DEAL WITH THE SECOND PIPE BURST, THE LACK OF COMPASSION OR EMPATHY OF MY SITUATION HAS BEEN VIOLATING AND APPALLING.
THESE ARE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS THAT WE ARE BEING DEPRIVED OF AND THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
AND STILL AS I SPEAK TO YOU NOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR THOSE MOST BASIC NEEDS.
SO I ASKED YOU TODAY, HOW IS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN AND WHY PLEASE ADVOCATE FOR US.
LISTEN, LISTEN TO OUR CRIES FOR HELP BECAUSE WHEN YOU AND FLATS AND FIRMS MANAGEMENT HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN, THAT OUR HEALTH SAFETY AND RIGHTS ARE NOT IN THEIR BEST INTERESTS.
PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THEM SECOND CHANCES.
PLEASE PUT THEM ON THE REPEAT OFFENDER LIST AND SUSPEND THEIR LICENSE TO RENT EMPTY UNITS, AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FINES.
THANK YOU, MS. ROMERO FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.
UM, WE, UH, OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT POSTED FOR ANY ACTION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS DURING THE FUTURE AS A POSSIBLE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A LORRAINE GARRETT ON THE LINE? OKAY.
BEFORE SHE SPEAKS, COULD WE PLEASE LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT SAUDI YOGA BODA IS ONLINE? OH YES.
SO YOU, YOU'RE MR. ROLL CALL, MS.
UH, GOING BACK TO CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, DO WE HAVE LORRAINE GARRETT ON THE LINE? OKAY.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LORRAINE GIRL ON THE LINE.
UH, IF SHE SHOWS UP BEFORE WE FINISHED CITIZEN COMMISSION COMMUNICATION, PERHAPS COULD STILL FIT HER IN.
OUR NEXT SIGNED UP PERSON IS EDUARDO KHANEWAL AND I BELIEVE WE WILL.
HE WILL HAVE ASSISTANCE WITH AN INTERPRETER.
IS EDUARDO CANNULA PRESENT?
I LIVE IN APARTMENT ONE, ZERO, ZERO SEVEN.
I'M ONE OF THE, I RENT AN APARTMENT IN JEWELER FLAT.
SO I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CONDITIONS THAT MY DEPARTMENT, MY DEPARTMENT IS MY BED.
MY APARTMENT IS IN MIAMI BECAUSE OF THIS ICE STORM.
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I NEED TO FUND SOME MENTAL DAMAGE TO MY APARTMENT.I LOST TWO COMPUTERS FROM OF MY DAUGHTERS AND PART OF MY BELONGING TO ADAM MOTORS, DANIELS AND BROCK HAD SOME ISSUES HAD DAMAGE IN THE MASTER BEDROOM.
THEY'RE INFECTED, THEY'RE INFECTED WITH MOLD AND THE WET CEILING, THE MUSTARD
THE CEILING IS SHEET ROCK IN THE MASTER BEDROOMS ON THE FLOOR.
AND WHEN HE GOT UP ON THAT, WE NEED CAREFUL TIME TO TRYING TO COMMUNICATE ADMINISTRATION OF BILLING, BUT
SO THEY'LL LET ME KNOW WHEN THE REPAIRS ARE GOING TO BE DONE
BUT I THINK THAT APRIL, THEY ACTUALLY CALLED ME THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START DEMOLITION ON MY LAND.
WE STARTED THE DEMOLITION
THANK YOU, MR. CANOLA, FOR SPEAKING WITH US THIS EVENING, WE CAN NOT TAKE ANY ACTION OR FURTHER DISCUSSION NOW THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS UP AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
WE DID GET, UM, LORRAINE, JARED ONLINE BY THE WAY.
I WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, LORRAINE, IF YOU ARE READY, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND THEN PLEASE TELL US WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND.
HI, MY NAME'S LORRAINE GARRETT.
I'VE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS BEFORE, EVEN BEFORE THE BIG STORM.
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SO MY THING, I HAVE A LOT, I HAD A LOT OF BLACK MOLD THAT WAS GROWING IN MY BATHROOM.I HAVE CRACKED WALLS, PAINT, FALLING OFF THE CEILING, UM, WET WALLS AND THE CEILING RACHID SOMETIMES PUT MY FINGER THROUGH IT.
UH, THERE WAS, UM, WATER TEMPERATURE THAT IS ABOUT 40 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE 120 WARM FOR A CODE LEVEL, A LOT OF TEMPERATURE.
UM, I'VE HAD, UM, A BACKDOOR THAT WAS NEVER REPAIRED.
AND I WAS ACTUALLY ASSAULTED HERE IN THE APARTMENT.
UM, I'VE WATCHED, UM, NUMEROUS CRIMES IN A, UM, IN THE OUTSIDE OF THE APARTMENT, IN THE MAIL ROOM WHERE THE MAILBOXES WERE ACTUALLY TORN OFF THE WALL.
SO, UH, MAY 15TH AND WHAT ARE SOME CHEER WAS SO HOT THAT, UM, I RECEIVED SECOND DEGREE BURNS FROM THE SUN, THE SHOWER WATER.
IT WAS SO SEVERE THAT, UM, I WAS BLEEDING.
UM, MY SHOULDERS WERE BLEEDING FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
I HAD TO GO SEEK THE MEDICAL, UH, EMERGENCY CARE, UM, THAT WATER STILL HASN'T BEEN TURNED DOWN.
UM, THERE'S JUST, AND, UM, WAX SUBSTANCE GUNKY SUBSTANCE THAT BUILDS UP ALL THROUGH MY EVENTS.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY A TERRIBLE PLACE TO LIVE.
UM, WHEN I HAVE COMPLAINED BEFORE ABOUT, UH, NEEDING REPAIRS, UM, BACK OVER A YEAR AGO, FEBRUARY, UM, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE CONSIDERING NOT TAKING MY WRENCH.
SO AT THAT POINT I FELT LIKE THEY WERE BEING HOSTILE AND THAT I MIGHT BE HAVING, UM, BEING EVICTED AND NOT HAVING A PLACE TO LIVE.
SO I STOPPED COMPLAINING, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
CAUSE I THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO EVICT ME.
UH, THESE, UH, MANAGEMENT PEOPLE HERE, THEY DON'T CARE.
THEY DON'T CARE WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
I STILL, I DON'T EVEN HAVE HOT WATER RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT MOSTLY IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE COFFEE AND HACKING WHEEZING, HEADACHES, THEY'VE COME FROM THIS BLACK MOANS, BUT THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT, UM, THE BUILDINGS THAT I LIVE IN BUILDING EIGHT IS NOT HABITABLE.
UM, SHE COULD JUST PLEASE, UH, DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FIND THESE PEOPLE FOR THEIR MISMANAGEMENT.
YOU'LL MAKE THEM HEAR WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH.
CAUSE IT'S NOT GOOD OVER HERE.
I KNOW YOU HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT, SO PLEASE FIND THEM.
UM, AS, AS MENTIONED WITH OTHER CALLERS, UH, WE CANNOT TAKE ANY ACTION OR HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING AND CAN DISCUSS IT AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
DO WE HAVE ANDREA GRIMALDI ON THE LINE? OH YEAH.
AND I BELIEVE YOU, ANDREA GRIMALDI WILL ALSO BE USING AN INTERPRETER.
IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED AND PLEASE ASK ANDREA TO ANDREA GRIMALDI TO IDENTIFY HERSELF BECAUSE YOU PUT HOLES IN YOUR
MY NAME IS SANDRA
THERE'S SO MUCH RESENTMENT THAT I HAVE TOWARDS THESE APARTMENTS.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO SET THE MUELLER FLAT DIFFERENT MAKES ME REFLECT.
SO YOU'RE NOT A VICTIM THEN OPEN A LITTLE BIT SYMBOL.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF NATURE
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I DON'T BLAME HIM FOR THE NATURE, BUT I, BUT I DO BLAME THEM FOR THE WAY THEY TREAT US AND NOT PAY ATTENTION TO US.WHAT ARE THOSE MESSAGES FOR TWO MONTHS? I COULDN'T SLEEP.
YES
THE THOUGHT WAS THAT MY APARTMENT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
WELL, IT'S WROTE ALL THE SHEET ROCK AROUND IT, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS UNCOVERED.
NO
I KNEW EVERYTHING WAS DAMAGED.
I DON'T HAVE YOU, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
JUST WHAT I MEANT THAT IF YOU DIDN'T,
NO, MY BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT I CAN'T RENT AN APARTMENT
I FEEL LIKE I'M MISSING WORDS OR I HAVE TOO MANY WORDS.
AND WE, WE THANK HER VERY MUCH FOR TELLING US ALL OF THIS INFORMATION.
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THANK YOU.OUR LAST SPEAKER, I BELIEVE SO.
UM, IF YOU, IF YOU WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO THIS, WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 24TH MEETING MINUTES UNTIL THE MAY 13TH MEETING.
YES, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
UM, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE CASES I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE CASES? YES.
AND WELL, ACTUALLY BEFORE CASE NUMBER ONE, UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE, SORRY, GETTING BACK TO MY PAPERWORK.
UM, DO WE HAVE A JULIE CARDENAS ON THE LINE AS THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE? YES MA'AM.
UH, THEN, UH, ORDINATOR, ALLIE, PLEASE.
[1. Case Number: CL 2021-050163; CL 2021-050393; and CL 2021-050180 Property address: 8412 Garcreek Circle, Exterior, Unit A and Unit D Owner: Rajkumar Janakarajan Staff presenter: Johnny Serna, Austin Code Department Staff recommendation: Staff recommendation: Repair Repeat Offender Program multi-family commercial structure ]
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A COMMERCIAL FOURPLEX LOCATED AT EIGHT 41 TO GAR CREEK CIRCLE.I'M GOING TO TRY TO TURN ON MY VIDEO, MY VIDEO, I'M HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH IT.
SO I'M YOU I'M TURNING IT OFF.
I'M HAVING SOME, UH, CONNECTIVITY PROBLEMS. SO WE'VE JUST BEEN TURNING IT OFF WHEN I'M NOT SPEAKING.
THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A COMMERCIAL FOURPLEX LOCATED AT EIGHT 41 TO GAR CREEK CIRCLE.
TONIGHT, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THREE CASES RELATED TO THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE, THE EXTERIOR AND THE COMPONENTS OF UNITS A AND D THE CASE NUMBERS ARE AS FOLLOWS EIGHT FOUR ONE TWO GAR CREEK CIRCLE.
EXTERIOR IS CASE NUMBER CL 2021 ZERO FIVE ZERO ONE SIX THREE.
UNIT A IS EIGHT FOUR ONE TWO GUARD CREEK CIRCLE UNIT A (202) 105-0393 AND EIGHT FOUR ONE TWO GUARD CREEK CIRCLE.
UNIT D IS CASE NUMBER CL 2021 ZERO FIVE ZERO ONE EIGHT ZERO.
THE EXHIBIT THE EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE GREEN BOOKS IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER.
I'VE ALSO INCLUDED A CHART OF THE VIOLATIONS CITED.
IN EACH CASE, LET'S REVIEW A FEW FACTS.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM.
SINCE DECEMBER OF 2019, THESE CASES WERE ESCALATED TO MARCH AND TO IN MARCH, 2021, THE STRUCTURE HAS HAD SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS REQUIRING REPAIR IN YOUR READERS.
YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBITS ONE, THREE, AND FIVE, WHICH CONTAIN THE COMPLAINTS IN CASE HISTORIES, A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP.
THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION REQUIRED NOTICES OF HEARING AND POSTINGS AND EXHIBITS TWO, FOUR, AND SIX, WHICH CONSISTS OF CODES.
PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO EIGHT THROUGH TWO M FOUR, A THROUGH FOUR D SIX, EIGHT THROUGH SIX J AND LASTLY CODES RECOMMENDED ORDERS.
AUSTIN CODE INSPECTOR, JOHNNY CRNA IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE.
AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS THEY ARE DEPICTED INSPECTOR CRNA.
BOARD MEMBERS CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME CLEARLY.
MY NAME'S JOHNNY CRNA AND I'M A CITY OF AUSTIN CODE INSPECTOR FOR THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM.
THE CASES I AM PRESENTING BEFORE YOU WILL BE FOR 84 12 GAR CREEK CIRCLE, SEVEN EIGHT SEVEN TWO FOUR OF AN EXTERIOR PERIODIC INSPECTION UNIT, A AND UNIT D.
AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE ARE AS FOLLOWS.
THE PROPERTY BEING PRESENTED IS CURRENTLY REGISTERED IN THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM AND HAS BEEN SO WITH THE CURRENT OWNER SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2020, BUT BEEN IN THE ROP PROGRAM SINCE 2019 IN MAY OF 2020, I WAS REASSIGNED THIS PROPERTY UPON MY INSPECTIONS OF THIS PROPERTY.
FOR THESE CASES, I FOUND THAT THE PROPERTY HAD MULTIPLE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR IPMC VIOLATIONS ON OCTOBER 9TH OF 2020.
I POSTED THIS PROPERTY WITH THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION SINCE OCTOBER 9TH OF 2020 THROUGH APRIL.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LATEST TODAY, APRIL 28TH OF 2020, I'VE MADE MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS
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OF THIS PROPERTY AND HAD FOUND SOME DEFICIENCIES HAVE BEEN RECENTLY ADDRESSED, BUT OTHERS STILL REMAIN.I'VE NOT FOUND AN ACTIVE BUILDING PERMIT WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN DATABASE FOR WINDOW AND SIDING REPAIRS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
I AM PRESENTING THE FOLLOWING EVIDENCE AS PHOTOGRAPHS, THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS AS EVIDENCE OF THE REMAINING DEFICIENCIES, WE'RE GOING TO BE STARTING THE EXTERIOR EXHIBITS TWO, A EXHIBIT TWO A IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FOURPLEX OF THIS PROPERTY.
WE WILL SEE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE DETERIORATING TRIM AND SIDING FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, RIGHT THERE.
I'M SORRY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU GO BACK TO A TUBING AS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE HERE WHERE THE VERTICAL TRIM WAS REPLACED, BUT THE DRY ROTTED HORIZONTAL TRIM WAS LEFT ON TOUCH.
NEXT SLIDE IN EXHIBIT TWO, SEE TRIM WAS REPLACED, BUT ALSO DETERIORATE INSIGHTING WAS COCKED AND PAINTED OVER X SIDE IN EXHIBITS TWO D E AND F.
WE WILL SEE WHERE THE DRY ROTTED TRIM AND SIDING FOUND AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, UH, HAD BEEN COMPLETELY IGNORED ALONG WITH A MISSING ELECTRICAL COVERS.
LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND IN EXHIBIT TWO G AND ATTEMPT TO COVER THE DETERIORATED SIDING WAS MADE BY FILLING THE LARGE HOLES WITH COCKY AND THEN PAINTING THEM OVER NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN EXHIBITS TWO H THROUGH I, THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WINDOWS THAT WERE INSTALLED WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT TO ENSURE PROPER INSTALLATION AND WEATHERIZATION.
NEXT SLIDE IN EXHIBIT TWO, I, HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SIDING AGAIN WAS REPLACED.
UM, WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT, CITY CODE REQUIRES THAT ANYTHING ABOVE 64 SQUARE FEET, UM, BE, UM, UH, PULL A PERMIT, BE PULLED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ELECTRICAL COVER ALSO IS MISSING THERE.
EXHIBIT TWO, J THIS IS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT ACTUALLY, UH, WAS REPAIRED AS OF TODAY.
UH, WE DID MISS JULIE, UH, CARDENAS A FAVOR OF GOING OUT THERE TODAY.
SO, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THIS PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE SLIDES.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WAS THAT THE, UH, THE WATER SPIGOT WAS MISSING AN ANTI-PSYCHOTIC VALVE.
NEXT SLIDE PIECE IS ANOTHER ISSUE THAT ALSO WAS, UH, ADDRESSED, UH, AS OF TODAY.
UM, IT WAS, UH, A MAIN ELECTRICAL, UH, BOX THAT WAS MISSING THE PUNCHOUT COVERS.
THIS IS A, AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT PERMIT.
UH, WE CAN SEE AN EXTERIOR AREA LIGHT WITH EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING AND THE USED INTERIOR, UM, CONDUIT FOR THE REAR, THE, FOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
AN EXAMPLE, EXHIBIT TWO M THIS IS A PICTURE OF A WINDOW THAT, UM, USED TO HAVE SOME BROKEN GLASS.
IT HAS BEEN REPAIRED, BUT I WASN'T ABLE TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THE WINDOW, UH, COULD BE OPENED AND CLOSED PROPERLY.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION OF THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING.
WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF UNIT A, OF THIS SAME, UH, PROPERTY EXHIBIT FOUR, A IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ENTRANCE OF UNIT A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THESE WERE SOME OF THE SMOKE DETECTORS THAT, UH, APPARENTLY HAVE, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO VERIFY THESE EITHER.
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WE WERE UNABLE BECAUSE OF THE TIME TO GO INTO, TO SEE IF THEY WERE INSTALLED.UM, THESE WERE TAKEN ON APRIL 21ST, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY WERE ON THE COUNTER, MS. JULIE CARDENAS, UH, STATED TO ME THAT, UH, THEY HAD BEEN IN FACT INSTALLED AS OF TODAY OR YESTERDAY.
UM, EXHIBIT FOUR C IS A CONTEXTUAL PICTURE OF THE REAR OF THE, UM, THE REAR DOOR ENTRANCE TO THE KITCHEN.
UM, AS OF TODAY, THIS WAS PARTIALLY ADDRESSED.
UM, A NEW, UH, DOORFRAME WAS INSTALLED, UH, BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME, UM, LARGE GAPS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
THIS IS A PICTURE OF, UH, ONE OF THE FRONT WINDOWS OF A UNIT, A, IT IS A DOUBLE PANE, UM, GLASS WINDOW THAT THE FIRST SINGLE ONE OF THE SINGLE PANES WAS REMOVED AND WILL BE REPLACED.
AND THIS WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION OF UNIT A, OF 84 12 GAR CREEK CIRCLE.
WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO UNIT D EXHIBIT SIX 84, 12 GROCK, GAR CREEK CIRCLE, ALSO KNOWN AS UNIT D AND UNIT EIGHT.
WE HAVE A CONTEXTUAL, UH, PICTURE OF, UM, THE, TO UNIT D NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN A SIX BEING A, WE SHOW A, A PICTURE OF THE BOTTOM OF A DISHWASHER.
UH, THEY HAVE GOT IT UP AND RUNNING.
UH, THE ONLY THING THAT THEY NEED TO DO NOW IS COVER UP THE EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DISHWASHER.
EXHIBIT S UH, SIX C IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE, UH, PREVIOUS WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, TO SOME OF THE CABINETS WITHIN THE UNITS WHERE SUBPAR REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND EXHIBIT SIX C.
WE CAN SEE WHERE PLYWOOD WAS INSTALLED OVER THE, THE ROTTED OUT, UH, KITCHEN CABINETS THAT WAS CAUSED BY DRIPPING FROM A LEAKING PIPE.
WE CAN ALSO SEE WHERE THE GRAY WATER HAS BEGUN TO, UH, LEAK OVER AGAIN, UH, OVER THE REPAIR.
EXHIBIT 60 IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PLUMBING PICTURES, UH, THAT CONTINUE TO PLAGUE UNIT D BY NOT FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED.
UH, THE FIXTURE IS EXTREMELY WORN.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT FUNCTION AS INTENDED.
THE STOPS ARE COMPLETELY WORN, UM, ON THIS, UH, FAUCET OR THE, OR IT COULD BE THAT THE KNOB THAT WAS THAT YOU COULD SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT, UM, WASN'T INSTALLED CORRECTLY.
UH, WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT SIX E THIS IS, UM, 60 AND SIX F ARE GOING TO BE PICTURES OF THE BEDROOM DOOR FOR THIS UNIT.
AGAIN, WE TRIED TO, I TRIED TO MAKE AN INTERIOR INSPECTION TODAY, BUT, UH, THE TENANT, UH, WAS FEELING ILL.
I WAS UNABLE TO GO IN TO VERIFY WHETHER OR NOT THAT THIS REPAIR WAS MADE.
CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? HERE? YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, UM, THE MAIN BEDROOM DOOR, UH, IS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
THIS WAS AN ISSUE THAT, UM, HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE THE CASE WAS OPEN FOR, UH, THIS PARTICULAR UNIT NEXT NIGHT, PLEASE.
UM, RIGHT HERE, WE DO HAVE, UM, I NORMALLY TRY TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE FRONT DOORS TO DEMONSTRATE HOW FAR THE, A THROW OF THE LOCKS, UH, NEED TO TRAVEL AND THE POSITION OF THE KNOBS.
UH, THAT'S WHAT THIS, UH, 6G, UH, DEPICTS.
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, RIGHT HERE.
IT SHOWS, UM, THOSE KNOBS IN THE POSITION THAT THEY CURRENTLY AS CUR, UH, WHERE THEY FIND THEMSELVES, WHEN YOU TRY TO LOCK THE FRONT DOOR, THE TOP LOCK STILL NEEDS, NEEDS TO BE, UH, ADJUSTED.
THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AS OF TODAY, THE, UM, THE, UH, NEW DOOR SWEEP, UH, WA AND THRESHOLD WERE ADDED.
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THIS, CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, UM, STILL CONTINUES TO REMAIN.UM, AGAIN, THE, UH, ONE OF THE, UH, PAINS, THE, UH, THE EXTERIOR PAIN OF THE BROKEN WINDOW WAS REMOVED AND WAS TOLD BY MRS. UH, CARDENAS THAT IT WILL BE REPLACED ALONG WITH, UH, UH, SUPPLYING SOME LOCKS TO BE ABLE TO LOCK THE WINDOWS TO, UH, THIS UNIT FOR THIS TENANT.
AND THIS WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION FOR UNIT D AND I'M OPEN TO ANSWERING ANY POSSIBLE QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS FOUND SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE A PUBLIC AND ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE WITH SUBSTANDARD, UH, WITH SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS, STAFF ASSET, THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBITS ONE, THREE AND FIVE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO EIGHT, THREE, TWO M FOUR, A THROUGH 4D AND SIX, EIGHT THROUGH SIX J ALSO CHAIR.
BEFORE I READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST SINCE THE LANGUAGE IS IDENTICAL IN EACH OF THE RECOMMENDED ORDERS, PLEASE ALLOW ME TO READ IT ONCE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE REQUESTING SEPARATE ORDERS TO BE ISSUED IN EACH CASE.
THANK YOU, STAFF ALSO REQUESTS THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS, FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING ONE OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS TO REPAIR ALL CITED VIOLATIONS TO THE COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE, THE ORDER IS MAILED THREE REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN CODE TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE AND FOUR ON THE 46 DAY.
IF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED, ASSESS THE CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,000 PER WEEK, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE CODE OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THE REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE COMPLETE INTEREST, SHALL ACCRUE AT A RATE OF 10% PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT UNTIL PAID IN FULL.
AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADMIT, UH, STAFF ONE, THREE, AND FIVE AND TWO A THROUGH TWO M FOUR, A THROUGH 40 IN SIX, A THROUGH SIX J AND, UH, JULIE CARDENAS, IF YOU ARE READY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
I'M A PROPERTY MANAGER FOR 84 12 GORE CREEK CIRCLE.
UM, THE ORIGINAL, UM, CASE WAS OPEN IN 2019 WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER, OUR STIR PROPERTY.
UM, MR. JOHNNY
UM, WITH ALL THE COVID STAFF, I'VE HAD, UH, RESIDENTS THERE THAT HAD COVID RESIDENTS THAT WERE SCARED OF COVID RESIDENTS THAT DON'T OPEN THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY'RE EITHER SCARED OF GETTING SICK OR THEY HAVEN'T PAID RENT, UM, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE MAINTENANCE GUYS TO GET IN THERE, OR SOME OF THEM EVEN SLEEP REALLY LATE.
UM, I HAVE, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE ALL THIS WEEK, UM, AS STARTING LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE AFTER BEING SICK A WHOLE MONTH WITH COVID AND PNEUMONIA AND STILL UNDER DOCTOR'S ORDERS, BUT EVEN THERE TODAY, INSTALLING WINDOWS AND STUFF, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND OPENING DOORS AND LETTING THE RESIDENT KNOW THE RESIDENT AND D SHE WAS ASLEEP WHEN I, WHEN I GOT THERE AND AFTER BEEN MESSAGING HER NUMEROUS TIMES TO LET ME IN, UM, YOU KNOW, FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO WAKE HER UP AND I TOLD HER, I NEED TO GET THIS STUFF DONE.
SO SHE LET ME IN, BUT SHE WASN'T COMFORTABLE WITH THE MAINTENANCE GUY GOING IN THERE CAUSE SHE WAS NOT FEELING WELL.
SO WHILE, UH, OFFICER CERNER WAS THERE, SHE CALLED ME AND ASKED ME TO ASK HIM, ASK THE MAINTENANCE GUY TO LEAVE HER UNIT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD WITH COVID.
THIS IS MY SECOND TIME OF GETTING IT.
I'M NOT EVEN RELEASED FROM THE DOCTOR YET, BUT IT'S STILL OUT THERE WORKING.
UM, I'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE, DONE, UH, WORK THERE NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.
AND HOWEVER LONG I NEED TO, TO GET ALL THESE THINGS ADDRESSED.
UM, I APPLIED FOR THE PERMIT FOR THE WINDOWS.
UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S SHOWING IT.
I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD TIME TO LOOK TODAY TO SHOW THAT, TO SEE IF IT'S SHOWING ON THE, ON THE, UM, THE WEBSITE YET.
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I STILL HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO DO.WE DID ATTEMPT TO, UH, REPAIR WHATEVER WE COULD, THAT WAS ROTTED AT THE TIME.
I BELIEVE I SENT, UH, OFFICER STONER, CRNA PICTURES OF THE GUYS HAD BEEN OUT THERE WORKING.
THEY REPLACED A LOT OF THE PANELS OF SIDING, BUT AS HIM AND I WERE TALKING TODAY, THERE'S THAT BUILDING, THIS IS VERY OLD AND, UM, NEEDS IT, PROBABLY THE WHOLE THING PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE, UM, REDONE THE SITE.
HE NEEDS TO BE REDONE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS OF CORROSION.
AND AFTER THE WINTER STORM AND THE BUILDING SHIFTS AND THE FREEZE AND ALL THAT STUFF, IT JUST GOT WORSE.
UM, SO THERE'S THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE LIST.
IT WAS A HUGE LIST AND SLOWLY TRYING TO RECTIFY ALL THESE ISSUES.
I, YOU SAID 45 DAYS, RIGHT? IS THAT ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU SAID THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER, BUT WE HAVEN'T, THE COMMISSION HASN'T DECIDED ON A TIME YET.
UM, WELL I'M REQUESTING MORE TIME, LIKE I SAID, UH, I MEAN, I'LL BE OUT THERE TOMORROW, UM, AND, AND TRY TO GET SOME MORE OF THIS STUFF DONE.
IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, AS I SAID, THE RESIDENTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE HOLD ON EVICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR ASSISTANCE, THAT, UM, THEY ARE ON THE WAITING LIST OR, YOU KNOW, WAITING FOR A CASEWORKER TO PROCESS THEIR PAPERWORK BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT FRIENDS, IT'S HARD TO FIX ANYTHING.
SO, UM, THE OWNERS ARE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER NECESSARY I AM TOO.
IT'S JUST THE MATTER OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN SYNC WITH THE RESIDENT TO GIVE US THE AVAILABILITY, TO GET IN THE UNIT AND BE ABLE TO DO THE WORK, UM, OVER ALL THOSE, THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN REALLY IT'S FOR THAT AREA.
THAT PROPERTY IS A GOOD PROPERTY.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE PROBLEM OF NEXT DOOR, A LOT OF DRUG ACTIVITY, A LOT OF THINGS THAT AFFECT OUR PROPERTY AT ONE POINT, UH, WHEN I, UH, I SHOWED MR. SARNA AT THAT TIME, UH, THE NEIGHBORS, THEY BURNED SOME OF OUR FENCE DOWN, WE'LL ALWAYS GET IN THE FENCE, KICKED IN PEOPLE GOING THROUGH OUR UNITS, PEOPLE KICKING IN DOORS.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN UNIT A, THEY KICKED THE DOOR IN.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM, UH, JUST TRYING TO, TO KEEP IT MAINTAINED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT'S SOMETIME CAN BE VERY OVERWHELMING BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON AROUND THERE.
UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU BEFORE TURNING IT OVER TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
SO YOU MENTIONED ONE MORE TIME IN YOUR MIND.
WHAT, HOW MUCH TIME WOULD YOU NEED TO ACTUALLY FINALIZE ALL THE PERMITS AND COMPLETE ALL OF THE REPAIRS AND, AND GIVE YOUR TENANTS PROPER NOTICE? OF COURSE, TOO.
UM, WELL, ON, ON THE INSIDE STUFF, NOT THAT LONG, IT'S ALMOST ALL DONE.
UM, I WOULD SAY, WELL, I HOPEFULLY I'LL GET RELEASED FROM THE DOCTOR ON MONDAY.
UM, I WOULD SAY MAYBE LET'S SAY TWO WEEKS AND I DON'T EVEN THINK I'LL NEED THAT LONG, BUT JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, UM, FOR THE EXTERIOR, I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD HAVE TO GET A FEW BIDS FROM PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME OUT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, GIVE ME BIDS FOR THE, FOR THE WHOLE EXTERIOR, UH, BECAUSE HONESTLY BE DOING IT AND PATCHWORK, WHICH WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE DONE WE'VE REPLACED, LIKE I SAID, SOME OF THE SIDING AND THE TRIM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT BECAUSE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE SAW AT THE TIME THEY COULD, THAT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED AND IT WAS, IT WAS REAL BAD, THE FRONT OF IT.
UM, SO THAT BY ITSELF COSTS $3,000.
SO I WOULD NEED TO GET A FEW BEDS FOR THE OWNERS AND SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S DOABLE FOR THEM.
UM, SO I WOULD NEED MORE TIME ON THAT.
PROBABLY I WOULD SAY 60 DAYS ON THE EXTERIOR, AT LEAST BECAUSE NOW WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME PAYMENTS IN, YOU KNOW, ON, ON A REGULAR BASIS.
AND, UM, WITH THIS HOLDUP ON, ON COVID AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE COURTS, IT'S, IT'S JUST SO HARD TO TELL, YOU KNOW, UM, OKAY.
YEAH, NO, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR BEST GUESS.
I WOULD SAY MAYBE 60 DAYS THAT WOULD GIVE ME TIME
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TO GET QUOTES FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT.UH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
UM, A REMINDER TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE TURN YOUR VIDEO CAMERA ON.
THIS IS, THIS IS WHEN WE REALLY NEED TO BE PRESENT AND HAVE A QUORUM.
I'M THINKING ABOUT 60 DAYS, JUST KIND OF OPTIMISTIC FROM THIS EXPERIENCE WITH SOME PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY.
WE'RE TALKING TO THE FOLKS FROM THE SOCCER STADIUM, JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING IT, RESOURCES ARE HARD TO GET THERE STAIRS.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IF WE DO ANYTHING 90 DAYS, WHAT I OBSERVED AND IN AUSTIN, I KNOW OTHER THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
UH, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT THE NEED TO GET SOME BIG BINS FOR SOME OF THE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, BY HAVING THOSE BINS ALREADY BEEN OBTAINED, UH, THAT NEED HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BEFORE TONIGHT.
WELL, AS I SAID IN OCTOBER WAS WHEN I HAD SOME GUYS OUT THERE, THEY DID, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PANELS AND STUFF, WHAT WAS, WHAT WE SAW AT THE TIME.
UM, SO THOSE REPAIRS WERE DONE.
I SENT, LIKE I SAID, UH, OFFICER STONER, CRNA PICTURES OF THAT OUT OF THEM OUT THERE WORKING, REPLACING THINGS.
UM, SO AT THAT TIME THAT WAS DONE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE WINTER TIME AND THEN WE HAD THE FREEZE AND, AND, UM, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY DIFFICULT, BUT THE FREEZE HAS BEEN, IT'S BEEN IN IT'S LATE APRIL NOW.
WELL, UM, I REALLY THE STUFF AROUND THE BACK, I HADN'T REALLY NOTICED WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT AND THE STUFF HIGHER UP ON THE SECOND STORY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING FROM THE FRONT, I MEAN, I COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK SHIFTED, BUT, UM, EVERYTHING ELSE, I MEAN, I HADN'T REALLY NOTICED, SO I THOUGHT THAT STUFF WAS DONE WHATEVER NEEDED TO BE DONE AT THE TIME IN OCTOBER, WHICH IT WAS, I WENT AND I LOOKED AT IT WHEN THE GUY FINISHED IT THAT'S STUFF HAD BEEN DONE.
AND, UM, THE ONLY THING WAS THE, WAS THE, UH, AND HE WAS SHOWING ME TODAY CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE FRONT ONE, THE FRONT, UH, LIGHT THAT NEEDED THE CONDUENT AROUND THE WIRING.
BUT HE WAS TELLING ME THAT THE ONE THAT AROUND THE SIDES IS THE WRONG CONDUIT.
IT'S INDOOR IS THE WRONG COVERING FOR THE WIRING.
SO WE NEED TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT STUFF TOO.
AND HE WAS SHOWING ME SOME OTHER STUFF THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED ON THE EXTERIOR AS WELL THAT HE SHOWED ME TODAY.
AND USUALLY WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE, I'M NOT AROUND TO, YOU KNOW, OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING UP THERE.
THEY JUST GO, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE SECOND TIME I'VE MET UP WITH HIM THERE.
UM, ONE WAS FOUR, THEY DID, ONE WAS RIGHT BEFORE THEY DID ALL THE, ALL THE REPAIRS ON THE EXTERIOR.
BUT, UM, AFTER THAT I DIDN'T SEE HIM ANYMORE.
AND YOU KNOW, MY RESIDENTS WILL CALL ME AND SAY, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS HERE.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH THROUGH EMAILS.
I EVEN EMAILED WHEN WE GOT THE LETTER FROM, UH, UH, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE GENTLEMAN'S NAME? UM, THE SUPERVISOR, MATTHEW, I CAN'T THINK OF HIS NAME AND I EVEN EMAILED HIM RIGHT AWAY ALSO.
UM, SO WE'VE BEEN IN, IN COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH THROUGH EMAIL AND HE'S HELPED ME, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER DEALING WITH THIS AND HE'S HELPED, HELPED US, YOU KNOW, GET LINKED UP WITH WHATEVER LINKS WE NEED TO APPLY FOR THINGS.
I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD PEOPLE BROUGHT IN, LOOK AT THE SCARIER, SO, OKAY.
DID WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? HEY, THIS IS JAMES MERCEDES.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, UH, YOU WERE MENTIONING THAT SHE HAD COVID A SECOND TIME, UH, AND YOU'RE STILL DEALING WITH THIS ON YOUR OWN.
UM, WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU DOING AS FAR AS TO MITIGATE THIS, TAKING CARE OF THIS CARE OF THIS AND WHY IS IT THAT THE OWNER'S BEEN KIND OF MORE PROACTIVE IN THIS? YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS AND YOU'RE DOING THIS, UH, YOU'RE YOU'RE ILL OR SICK OR YOU'VE ADDED, AND YOU'RE STILL HAVING TO DO THIS KIND OF, UH, TAKING CARE OF THIS.
WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE OWNERS ARE DOING? WHAT THEY DONE? WELL, THEY'RE NOT HERE IN AUSTIN, BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE
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AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IF I NEED SOMETHING.UM, THE REASON WHY I'M OUT THERE DOING THIS BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE THAT, THAT, THAT I HAD THERE WEREN'T THERE TODAY.
THEY YESTERDAY, UH, THEY CAME AND I HAD SOMEBODY TO COME AND LOOK AT THE SIDE OF STUFF AND HE TOLD ME HIMSELF, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S TOO MUCH WORK TO DO PATCHWORK.
THE WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE REDONE.
YOU KNOW? AND I TALKED TO MS. UH, OFFICER SHARNA TODAY TOO.
AND HE TOLD ME THE SAME THING.
AND, AND I MEAN, IF YOU PULL ONE SHEET OFF THE, YOU COULD SEE WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT ALL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'VE, THEY'VE, UH, ONE OF THEM LIVES IN NEW JERSEY AND THE OTHER ONE LIVES IN, IN CALIFORNIA.
SO THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT I MEAN, IF I NEED SOMETHING, THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE, YOU KNOW, AND IT, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON SOMETHING WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING COMING IN.
AND LIKE I SAID, UH, EVERY NOW AND THEN I'LL GET A BIG PAYMENT FROM, UH, AN AGENCY THAT WILL HELP ONE UNIT OR ANOTHER UNIT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AS FAR AS CONSISTENCY, I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING CONSISTENT.
HOPEFULLY IN MAY, IF ALL THIS STUFF GETS SWEPT UP, THEN I CAN HAVE SOME CONSISTENCY.
ARE YOU STILL WITH US? YES, MA'AM I AM.
UM, THE, UH, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH, UM, THE, UM, NICE LADY IS CONCERNED OVER KEEPING THE BUILDING SELF SUPPORTING, AND WE ARE IN ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT IT CANNOT BE SELF-SUPPORTING.
AND BY THAT, I MEAN, IT MAY BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE, UH, OWNERS TO TAKE AN ACTIVE HAND AND, UH, HELP HER GIVE HER THE FUNDING THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO GET IT AND GET IT DONE, PERIOD.
IS THAT POSSIBLE? YES, THAT'S POSSIBLE.
UM, LIKE I SAID, I LIKE THIS ONCE I GOT A FAIRLY GOOD PAINT FROM AN AGENCY.
UM, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT WILLING.
IT'S JUST THAT WHAT'S MINE TO WORK ON A BUDGET BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME IN NEXT, YOU KNOW? WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE FUTURE IS SUCH THAT IF YOU DON'T GET IT AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF, YOU COULD LOSE A LOT MORE MONEY AND THEY NEED TO HELP YOU GET IT AND GET IT IN THE SITUATION WHERE YOU KNEW WHERE YOUR TENANTS HAVE A NICE PLACE TO STAY, AND IT'S UP FOR CODE AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT FOR AWHILE.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE WITH AN INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION IN THIS CASE OF CASH FROM THE OWNERS, IF YOU CAME UP WITH A BUDGET OF HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO GET EVERYTHING DONE WITHIN 30 DAYS, THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH THAT MONEY.
AND IT MIGHT NOT BE VERY GOOD IF THEY DON'T COME UP WITH IT.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS, THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS.
I MEAN, I'M NOT THINKING IT WOULD BE GREAT IF MS. CARDENAS HAD A WEEK OR TWO TO ACTUALLY STEP BACK, GET A BIG PICTURE ESTIMATE OF TIME THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SCHEDULE, YOU KNOW, GET A GENERAL CONTRACTOR ON BOARD.
IF YOU NEED TO, TO COORDINATE ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE IF THAT WIRING IS BEING DONE BY YOUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE, THAT'S NOT UP TO CODE WHEN YOU PROBABLY NEEDED A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN TO BE DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, I MEAN, I'M KIND OF LEANING TOWARDS GIVING YOU THAT WEEK OR TWO TO KIND OF GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER, GET ALL THE ESTIMATES YOU NEED.
AND PERHAPS AS COMMISSIONER THOMPSON SUGGESTED TALKING TO THE ACTUAL OWNERS WITH THAT BUDGET AND SAYING, HEY, WE NEED TO KNOCK THIS OUT.
UM, I ALSO HEAR WHAT COMMISSIONER GREEN IS SAYING IS WHICH IS THAT SKILLED LABOR IN PARTICULAR.
AND SOME MATERIALS ARE RATHER HARD TO COME BY RIGHT NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET ON THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD BE WILLING TO EXTEND THE TIME TO 60 DAYS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WILLING TO GO TO 90 DAYS, BUT, UM, LET'S, LET'S SEE WHAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS THINK ABOUT THAT.
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COMMISSIONER GREEN.I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE PLAN, A REAL HONEST TO GOD PROJECT PLAN WITH SOMEBODY THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING SO THAT YOU CAN GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B IS THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LIMITED CONTROL IN THE TIMEFRAME TO BE DETERMINED RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE A PROJECT PLAN OR PROJECT MANAGER SUCCESSFUL.
WE'VE DONE PROJECTS LIKE THIS COMMISSIONER FOR VERA.
YEAH, I SUPPOSE I MIGHT BE IN THE MINORITY, BUT MY CONCERN IS AN EXTENSION IS, UM, SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF, UH, CHALLENGES ALREADY ON, ON GETTING THIS WORK DONE.
W W THERE'S BEEN, COVID MORE THAN ONE AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES.
AND EVEN WITH ALL OF THOSE, UH, OCCURRENCES, THE OWNERSHIP HAS NOT SEEN IT, THE URGENCY TO ADDRESS THESE ITEMS. AND SO I DO WONDER IF PERHAPS OUR COMMISSION ACTING IS TO FIRE THAT NEEDS TO BE LIT UNDER THIS KIND OF REMOTE OWNERSHIP, TICK, TICK, TO GET ACTION.
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT AN EXTENSION IS IT'S JUST GOING TO KIND OF DIFFUSE THE SITUATION RATHER THAN HELP IT.
IT'S JUST GOING TO MAYBE SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE.
CAUSE I'M LOOKING BACK AT THESE VIOLATIONS THAT START LAST SUMMER, AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER ONES IN OCTOBER, YOU KNOW, MEANWHILE, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE IN THESE CONDITIONS AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ULTIMATELY BE OUR CONCERN.
SO MAYBE WE DO NEED TO LIGHT A FIRE HERE BECAUSE THERE MAY BE LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED, BUT THESE THINGS AREN'T GETTING FIXED AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN KNOWN ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.
SO THE OWNER NEEDS TO STEP UP, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO STEP UP CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT OKAY TO JUST KEEP PUSHING THE KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
MR. COMMISSIONER, MAY I SPEAK? WE HAVEN'T CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MS. CARDENAS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UM, LIKE I SAID, UH, ALL THE, THE STUFF ON THE INTERIOR ALREADY STARTING TO HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTING TO GET ONE BY ONE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, I WAS OUT THERE TODAY, YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE, THE DAY BEFORE OUT THERE, MAKING SURE THAT THAT STUFF GOT DONE AND WHATEVER I COULD DO, I DID.
UM, IT'S, IT'S THE EXTERIOR STUFF THAT I THINK WE NEED, WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE TIME ON.
UM, AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED AND IT'S NOT THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MESSAGE I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS.
YOU KNOW? UM, THEY'RE IN ANOTHER STATE I'M HERE.
AND, UM, IN OCTOBER WHEN THE OTHER GUYS DID THE, DID THE EXTERIOR WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID WHAT WE SAW AT THE TIME NEEDED TO BE DONE.
AND A WHOLE WINTER SEASON HAS GONE BY, WE HAD A FREEZE THAT WE NEVER EXPECTED.
I THINK GOD, WE ONLY HAD, WE ONLY HAD ONE BUSTED PIPE AND WE FIXED THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, AND ALSO IT HAS TO DO WITH AVAILABILITY IF THE RESIDENT'S GOING TO LET US IN.
UM, WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD THIS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU TELLING US THIS.
UH, IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ALREADY UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION IS CLOSED, WE WILL LISTEN TO IT.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN AND SAY THAT I CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR OUR, UM, MILLER ON THE, THIS STRIKES ME AS THIS SORT OF CASE THAT IS, IS RIPE FOR, UM, UH, AS RIPE FOR USING THE LEVERAGE THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF ADAPTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE SORT OF CASE WHERE IT'S ROP AND SO FORTH, AS OPPOSED TO THE SORT OF CASE WHERE, YOU KNOW, I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THE PLAN AND, AND EXTENDED GRACE.
I THINK THAT THE TIME HAS COME TO APPLY, UH, SUCH, UH, INCENTIVES AS WE, AS WE HAVE AND, AND LET THE, UM, LET THE OWNER, UH, STEP UP.
SO JUST WANTED TO, I JUST WANT HIM TO CONTRIBUTE THAT ALSO I AM HAVING BANDWIDTH ISSUES, SO I, UH, WILL BE PARTICIPATING BY AUDIO WHEN I'M NOT ACTUALLY SPEAKING, BUT I AM HERE.
UH, I WON'T LEAVE MY COMPUTER AND LEAVE MY, MY SCREEN UP.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE HEADS UP ON THAT.
UM, AND I GUESS I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY MY EARLIER REMARKS
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TOO.I MEAN, I DO THINK THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGER NEEDS A PLAN.
UM, BUT I DO TEND TO AGREE WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT PLAN.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS CASE AGAIN.
I REALLY JUST WANT THE ISSUES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND I DO WANT THEM TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE A BIG COMPREHENSIVE, LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND COME UP WITH THAT PLAN AND KNOCK IT ALL OUT.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I THINK WE NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST, THAT WAY WE DON'T, BUT THAT COULD BE A MOTION TO DO SO.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SO I CAN NOT.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT.
ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR OTHER MOTIONS, UM, I'LL MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDERS WISHES TO OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY ELEMENTS AND REPAIR ALL CITED VIOLATIONS.
AND THIS IS FOR ALL THREE CASES.
SO IT'S FOR THE INTERIOR OF UNITS, A AND D AND THE EXTERIOR VIOLATIONS.
SO ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER.
AND ON THE 46 DAY IS COMPLIANT.
YOU'VE DISMISSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,000 PER WEEK.
SO THAT WOULD BE $1,000 PER CASE IS THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND IT.
IS THAT THE WAY COMMISSIONERS, MAILER AND FERRERO UNDERSTAND IT ALSO.
ALL IN FAVOR, SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.
UM, SO THAT WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD.
ABILA UH, I, YOUR DAY, ARE YOU A FAVOR? YES.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GREEN.
UH, AND MYSELF COMMISSIONER FREIBERGER.
UM, MS. CARDENAS, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT WE JUST DID? WE'RE WE'RE BASICALLY GOING OKAY.
WE'RE GOING WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER.
AND IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR CODE INSPECTOR, INSPECTOR SERNA.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US THIS EVENING.
UH, COORDINATOR, ALLIE, SHALL WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO? YES.
AND I'M HAVING SOME COMPUTER DIFFICULTIES.
SO, UM, I WILL DO MY BEST TO STAY WITH YOU.
LET ME KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO.
[2. Case Number: CL 2021- 050109 Property address: 6801 Airport Boulevard, Unit 150 aka Brazas Taco House / Owner: 502 Pampa LLC Staff presenter: Bill Evans, Austin Code Department Staff recommendation: Repair commercial structure ]
ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER CL 2021 ZERO FIVE ZERO ONE ZERO NINE.AND IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 68 ZERO ONE AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UNIT ONE 50, ALSO KNOWN AS THE BRAZOS TACO HOUSE STAFF EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE GOLD BOOK IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER.
HERE'S SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CASE.
THIS CASE IS ABOUT A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE CURRENTLY OPERATING AS A RESTAURANT.
THIS CASE WAS IMMEDIATELY ESCALATED TO BSC DUE TO SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE.
THE BUILDING IS SUBSTANDARD AND CONSIDERED UNSAFE WITH DANGEROUS CONDITIONS IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER.
YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINING CASE HISTORY, A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP.
THE NOTICES OF VIOLATION REQUIRED NOTICES OF HEARING AND POSTINGS AS WELL
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AS AN ENGINEER'S REPORT.EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF CODE'S PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS TWO EIGHT THROUGH TWO Q AND LASTLY CODES RECOMMENDED ORDER AUSTIN CODE INSPECTOR.
BILL EVANS IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE.
AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS THEY ARE DEPICTED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS INSPECTOR EVANS, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY.
CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS I'M BILL EVANS CODE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE CONCERNING 68 OH ONE AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UNIT ONE 50 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 26.
I ENTERED BRAZOS TACO HOUSE LOCATED AT 68 OH ONE AIRPORT BOULEVARD, UNIT ONE 50.
AS I ENTERED THE STRUCTURE BY THE SIDE ENTRANCE, I NOTICED BOOZ HAD BEEN POSITIONED TO BLOCK OFF AN AREA OF THE DINING ROOM IN THIS AREA WAS A PARTIAL COLLAPSE OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE BUSINESS OWNER TOLD ME THE COLLAPSE THAT OCCURRED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2021.
AFTER A HAILSTORM HIT THE AREA, OSCAR HAD CLOSED OFF THE DINING AREA HIMSELF WITH THE BOOZE AND HAD CONTACTED REGISTERED AGENT FOR THE OWNER.
LEON TRAN OSCAR ALSO REPORTED THE ROOF WAS LEAKING IN SEVERAL OTHER AREAS.
I CONTACTED MY INTERIM SUPERVISOR, JOHN HALE TO ASSIST ME HALE ARRIVED.
AND AFTER CONSULTATION WITH AUSTIN CODE COMPLIANCE CHAIN OF COMMAND, THE DECISION WAS TAKEN.
WE WERE ORDERED TO PLACARD DESTRUCTURE WITH YELLOW, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, PLACARDS AND YELLOW TAPE CLOSED, TWO ENTRANCES AND THE DINING AREA WHERE THE COLLAPSE HAD OCCURRED PALE PLACED THE PLACARDS AND TAPED OFF THE DANGEROUS AREAS.
I PREPARED NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE T CAT OWNER FIVE OH TWO PAMPA LLC.
I ALSO PREPARED NOTICE OF VIOLATION FOR THE REGISTERED OWNER.
THE REGISTERED AGENT, LEON TRAN, BOTH NOTICES WERE MAILED ON MARCH 26, 2021.
THESE NOTICES WERE ALSO AND IMMEDIATELY POSTED ON THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE ON MARCH 26, 2021.
THE NOTICE GAVE A TIMEFRAME OF 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE NECESSARY REPAIRS.
I THEN CONTACTED MR. TRAN BY EMAIL AND TELEPHONE AND ADVISED HIM THIS MATTER REQUIRED THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF AN ENGINEER TO EVALUATE THE STRUCTURE.
THE ENGINEER WOULD ALSO NEED TO PROVIDE AN ENGINEER'S LETTER TO CITY OF AUSTIN CODE COMPLIANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DESCRIBING THE SCOPE OF DAMAGE AND A METHOD OF SHORING, THE STRUCTURE TO PREVENT FURTHER COLLAPSE AND POTENTIAL INJURY TO THE PERSONS IN THE STRUCTURE.
MR. TRAN HIRED ROYAL BUZZ ON AN ARCHITECT TO ASSIST HIM.
IN THIS MATTER, MR.
MR. LEE HAS PROVIDED THE REQUESTED ENGINEER'S LETTER AND DESIGNED A SHORING BRACE THAT WAS INSTALLED ON APRIL 21ST, 2021, MR
AND MR. LEE ARE NOW AT WORK, PREPARING THE DESIGNS FOR REPAIRS TO THE STRUCTURE TO BE SUBMITTED TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW AND PERMITTING.
AND IF WE CAN PROCEED TO PHOTO TWO, A, THIS IS THE CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND I WISH TO NOTE THAT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE YELLOW TAPE WAS PLACED ACROSS THE ENTRANCE AND THERE'S OUR YELLOW, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS PLACARD.
AND OVER TO THE LEFT, JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE OPEN SIGN IS WHERE I HAVE POSTED NOTICES OF VIOLATION.
THIS IS THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE BU'S REPLACED AND ALSO WHERE MR. HALE PLACED OUR YELLOW TAPE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE CEILING AREA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DROP CEILING ITSELF HAS KIND OF FALLEN DOWN AND POOCHED.
THIS IS A VIEW OF ONE OF THE TRUSSES THAT SUPPORT THE ROOF THAT HAS BENT AND FAIL.
NEXT PHOTO HERE, WE SEE AN AREA OF THE ROOF PAN ITSELF THAT HAS BUCKLED DUE TO THE COLLAPSE.
AND WE CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE AREAS OF RUST IN THE ROOF PAN.
AND THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER TRUST THAT HAS BUCKLED NEXT PHOTO.
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SAME AREA SHOWING THE SAME CONDITIONS IN THE NEXT PHOTO.
THIS IS A ANOTHER AREA OF THE ROOF PAN THAT BUCKLED AS THE COLLAPSE OCCURRED NEXT PHOTO, AND SOME MORE DAMAGE TO THE ROOF PANELS, SELF NEXT PHOTO.
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AGAIN, DAMAGE TO THE ROOF PAN AND THE FAILED TRUST.THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE ENTRANCE OF THE BUILDING THAT IS STILL IN USE BY THE RESTAURANT.
THEY ARE SELLING TACOS TO GO ONLY.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWING THEIR GUESTS TO USE ANY PART OF THE DINING AREA AND ARE WARNING, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS, PLACARD THERE, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED NEXT PHOTO, THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS PLACARD.
THIS IS ANOTHER SIDE ENTRANCE THAT IS ALSO YELLOW, TAPED CLOSED WITH THE SAME DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
NEXT PHOTO HERE, WE SEE THE APPLICATION OF THE BRACE THAT WAS DESIGNED BY MR. LEE TO SHORTEN THE STRUCTURE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER COLLAPSE AND TO HELP MITIGATE, UH, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AND DANGER TO LIFE AND LIMB NEXT PHOTO SHORING.
AGAIN, NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TRUSSES THAT DID FAIL WERE DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY THE STRUCTURE MR. LEE DESIGN X PHOTO.
AND AGAIN, SOME MORE NEXT PHOTO, A GENERAL VIEW OF THE TRUST AND NEXT PHOTO.
THIS IS, UH, RIGHT AFTER, UH, SOME RAINS HAD OCCURRED AND THE ROOF IN THIS AREA IS LEAKING DRAMATICALLY.
UM, SO THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS A PUBLIC AND ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD IN UNSAFE, DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
STAFF ASKS THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT, AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO Q, WHICH ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY AND VIOLATIONS STAFF ALSO REQUESTS THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING ONE OBTAINED AN ENGINEER'S REPORT TO ASSESS THE ENTIRE ROOF STRUCTURE, TO OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY.
PERMITS THREE REPAIR, ALL SIDE OF VIOLATIONS TO THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE, THE ORDER IS MAILED FOUR REQUIRED THAT THE FRONT SEATING AREA OF THE RESTAURANT REMAIN VACATED UNTIL ALL THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE.
AND FIVE REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN CODE TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE SIX ON THE 46 DAY OF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED, ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,000 PER WEEK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE CODE OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THE REQUIRED REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE COMPLETE AND INTEREST SHALL ACCRUE AT A RATE OF 10% PER FROM THE DATE OF ASSESSMENT UNTIL PAID IN FULL CHAIR.
UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADMIT STAFF'S EXHIBITS ONE AND TWO A THROUGH TWO Q AND WE ALSO HAVE PROPERTY OWNERS EXHIBIT.
UM, I WANT TO MAKE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AWARE OF THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS IN YOUR READERS AND, UM, I'LL JUST CALL IT PROPERTY OWNER, EXHIBITS PHOTOS ONE AND TWO AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING REPORT.
AND DO WE HAVE LEON TRAN ON THE LINE AND SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE PRESENT BEFORE WE BEGAN.
AND, UH, DO YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR ARCHITECT ON THE LINE? WE'RE ALL DOES ON.
HOWEVER, THE TWO OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED.
WHICHEVER ONE WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST, JUST PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UH, WHEN I HEAR THE CASE ON MARCH 26, I WAS A GOOD NUMBER FIVE TOTAL.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HELLO? I CAN HEAR YOU, BUT SOMEONE WAS TALKING OVER YOU.
UM, WE, WE HEARD THE PART UP UNTIL YOU SAID YOU WERE IN VIETNAM WHEN THE CASE.
WHEN THE CASE, UH, ON, UH, MARCH 26TH.
SO, UH, SO I FIND A TICKET RIGHT AWAY ON THE FOUR ON APRIL 4TH TO COME BACK RIGHT AWAY.
CAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE A, UH, COVID TEST NEGATIVE TWO, FIVE BACK.
SO, UH, I GOT BACK ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN MONDAY I HAVEN'T A VACCINE.
SO I WENT OUT OF THE BUILDING AND TRY TO GET AN ENGINEER RIGHT AWAY.
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STRUCTURING CAME HERE WITH SOLOMON AND HE COULDN'T TAKE IT AND, OH, IT'S PICKED ME TIME TO GET ANOTHER STRUCTURE ENGINEER.AND, UH, I LEAVE MY FAMILY BACK THERE AND MY, UH, MY FIND MY KID, BUT I'M HERE TO WORK AND THE KIDS WE TRIED SO HARD AND THIS, THIS DEAL AND I HIRE, UH, I HAVE ROLL OUT, UH, AND ALSO, UH, UH, SANG D TO HELP THE CASE.
SO, UH, ROYAL, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER WELL, UM, WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IN YOUR HONOR TO, FOR BLACKS TO JOIN.
TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TO SECURE A BUILDING APARTMENT.
AND MY EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON IS THAT IT TAKES FOR REVIEWING OF DOCUMENTS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
SO DON'T EXPECT IT IN PERMANENT FROM, UH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, UH, IS AS FAR AS THE REPAIRS, WE KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STRUCTURAL ITEMS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STEEL, JOYCE.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, BUT I COULD SAY THAT I SAW THE DAMAGE AND YET THOSE STEEL JOYS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
AND THAT WILL BE IN THE DRAWING THAT WE ARE GOING TO REPLACE THEM.
THEY'RE SPANNED FOR ONE NOTHER WALL TO THE OTHER END OF THE WALL, THE SINGLE SPAN.
THERE'S NO COLUMN, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.
SO WE'RE DESIGNING AND NEW STRUCTURAL JOYCE SYSTEM TO TAKE CARE OF, OF THAT SPAN.
UM, AGAIN, THAT IS ALL DONE BY THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE SUSPENDED SPEED AND THEN THE ROOF PORTION OF THE WORK.
UM, IT IS, UH, A, UH, A CONCERN THEN, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT AS SPASTICITY AND BASICALLY I WILL BE FINISHED, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT TOWARDS THIS NEXT WEEK.
I WILL BE FINISHED WITH MY DRAWINGS.
UH, I NEED TO, UH, CHECK IN WITH THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND SEE IF, WHEN HE'S GOING TO BE DONE WITH THIS DRAWING.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUESTION OF, UH, WHAT 14 FORCEMENT IS LOOKING AT AND WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING, AND WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE ENGINEER IS ADVISING.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THERE OR NOT.
UH, MAYBE WE NEED TO MEET WITH THE CODING FORCEMENT OFFICER.
UM, SO AS THE OWNER, BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE REPRESENT THE OWNER AND IF THE OWNER SAYS, WE WANT THIS DONE AND THAT DONE, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT IT COMPLIES WITH, UH, GOOD BUILDING STANDARDS, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD IN THAT DIRECTION.
THERE'S PROBABLY A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION AS TO HOW MUCH ROOF NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UM, IF I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS TALKING ABOUT REPLACING THESE STRUCTURAL METAL PAN OR DECKING AS WE CALL IT THAT LAYS OVER THE STEEL JOYS, THAT WILL BE REPLACED.
INSTALLATION BOARD WILL BE ON TOP AND THEN A TOPO TP, ALL TYPE OF ROOF SYSTEM WILL BE APPLIED, BUT IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, AS THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER DESIGNATED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPACE, I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE 45 FEET BY 21, 29 FEET OF AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UM, SO WE GO BY WHAT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER IS STATING.
UH, SO, SO, UH, IT'S IN THE WORKS.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, TRYING TO GET TO THE OFFER.
WE WANT TO GET A PERMANENT QUICKLY POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW WE CAN'T GET OUT THERE AND DO REPAIRS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PERMIT AND I'LL LET THE CITY SAY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M SURE THE OWNER WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY THERE IN NO TIME REMOVING WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO, BUT, UH, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT, UH, WITHOUT A REAL DEPARTMENT.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INSPECTORS COME AND CHECK THE WORK AND WHATEVER THEY'RE FINE IS NOT CORRECT.
WELL, FORTUNATELY, WE'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO TWO SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF BOSTON.
AND CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? YES, OF COURSE I HAVE CONTRACTOR LINEUP, BUT IT'S NOT THAT THEY CANNOT DO IT THAT FAST.
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SO IT'S, IT TOOK TIME, YOU KNOW, IS YOU HAVE TO PLAN HOW TO DO IT.AND WE I'M GOING TO BE TO TRY TO WATCH THEM HOW TO DO IT.
WE HAVE, WE WANT TO FIND THE RIGHT CONTRACTOR TO DO IT TOO, SO WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT.
UH, MY QUESTION TO BOTH OF YOU BEFORE TURNING THIS OVER TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IS HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU THINK YOU NEED TO FINISH GETTING THE PERMITS WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND THEN ACTUALLY HAVE YOUR CONTRACTOR COMPLETE THE WORK? UM, WELL, THE, UH, THE PROCESS AND THERE'S A SUBMITTAL PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF BOSTON.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT PROCESS AND WE KNOW IT'S, IT'S OFTEN WAY UP.
I CAN'T TELL YOU BECAUSE W YOU KNOW, WE USED TO MAKE PLANTS.
WE DON'T HEAR ANY, UH, WE DON'T HEAR FROM THE CITY FOR A WHILE BECAUSE THEY'RE BACKED UP.
AND SO IF I WANT TO MAKE A GUESS, I'M GONNA SAY PROBABLY, UM, TWO MONTHS BEFORE WE GET A BUILDING PERMIT FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN, AND I ALSO GET THE CITY OF AUSTIN BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT.
AND MR. TRON, DID YOU HAVE AN OPINION ON HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO ACTUALLY DO THE REPAIRS ONCE YOU HAVE THE PERMIT? UH, I WOULD SAY A MONTH, BUT I, I, I WANT TO ASK WHAT A COMMISSION THAT'S LIKE FOUR MONTHS, BUT IF I GET IT DONE FASTER, I RATHER GET IT DONE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO I WOULDN'T HAVE FIXED THE TIME TO WORK ON THIS.
SO I, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, SO WE WOULDN'T GET IT DONE, BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE FIX A TIME TO IT.
SO, UM, I WILL ASK, CAN I HAVE FOUR MONTHS ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, BUT I, I DO TO JUST GIVE YOU A BIG HEADS UP, OR WE'RE GENERALLY CAPPED AT 90 DAYS, UNLESS YOU COME PREPARED TO THIS MEETING WITH THE SCHEDULE AND EVERYTHING WE WOULD NEED TO SAY, OKAY.
YEAH, WE COULD GO BEYOND THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD OUR DISCUSSION YET, SO.
UH, COMMISSIONER FERRERA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UM, CHAIR, UM, UH, I, IN ADDITION TO THE REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TIME, I THOUGHT I HEARD A SECOND REQUEST KIND OF BURIED IN THEIR PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF ROOF THAT NEEDS STRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
I BELIEVE I HEARD AT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, ORDER IS SAYING ALL OF IT AND THAT THE TWO OWNERS REPRESENT DIBS OR YEP.
UH, SAID THAT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THINKS IT'S JUST A PORTION OF THAT, IS THAT, DID I HEAR CORRECTLY? OKAY.
SO, SO IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S THE ISSUE OF THE TIME EXTENSION.
AND THEN THERE'S THE ISSUE OF WHAT THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER SAYS VERSUS WHAT THE ORDER SAYS.
THAT THERE'S REQUESTING A MODIFICATION ON.
INSPECTOR EVANS, MAYBE YOU COULD TALK TO US ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IN WHAT CODE SINKS NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR THE ROOF.
IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMISSIONERS TO THE ENGINEER'S REPORT.
UH, THE SECOND PAGE, THERE'S A PARAGRAPH THAT SAYS TO THE EFFECT LET'S GO UP OF THIS ASSIGNMENT WAS THE DAMAGED AREAS, AND NOTHING ELSE HAS BEEN EVALUATED.
WHAT CODE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THE ENTIRE ROOF STRUCTURE BE EVALUATED BY THE ENGINEER TO SEE IF THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT COULD BE DAMAGED AND OTHER AREAS OF THE ROOF THAT NEED FURTHER ATTENTION AND JUST NEW TOPIC, AS I UNDERSTAND OUR ORDER.
QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS? YES.
SO I GUESS THE, MY QUESTION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER THEN IS, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ASKED THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER TO JUST LOOK AT THE LIMITED PORTION OF THE ROOF, BUT THE ORDER IS TELLING YOU THAT YOU NEED TO ASK THEM TO ASSESS THE ENTIRE ROOF.
SO ARE YOU PLANNING TO DO THAT? SURE.
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LOOK AT THE WHOLE ROOF TOO, BUT HE, HE STARTED THE OTHER PART.THAT'S WHY HE RECOMMEND THAT QUESTION.
SO, SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD QUESTION BACK TO YOUR STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT, YOU KNOW, IF HE COULD AMEND THAT REPORT TO EITHER CLARIFY THAT HE DID LOOK AT THE ENTIRE ROOF OR ADD TO IT, IF HE DOES HAVE FURTHER FINDINGS.
I THOUGHT THE LANGUAGE IN THE REPORT MADE IT SOUND LIKE HE LIMITED WHAT HE LOOKED AT TO JUST THAT AREA.
LIKE HE DIDN'T SEE THAT AS PART OF WHAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY WITH THE ENGINEER, HE HIT IT, OPEN THE CEILING COW ON THREE OTHER POP THAT THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR AND HIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANY PROBLEM AT ALL.
SO I, SO I CAN ASK HIM, YOU KNOW SURE.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF HE TRULY DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE REST, HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLARIFY THAT IN THE REPORT.
IT SHOULDN'T BE IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE WRITING A WHOLE NEW REPORT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
MY, MY, OH, MY THINKING ON THIS, UH, AS I KIND OF MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, OUR HANDS ARE SOMEWHAT TIED, WERE SOMEWHAT LIMITED TO ONLY GOING TO 90 DAYS AND LESS.
WE HAVE FURTHER DOCUMENTATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS SUCH AS CONTINUING A CASE TO KIND OF BUY MORE TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER OPTION IS IF THE PROPERTY OWNER KEEPS, YOU KNOW, VERY ACCURATE RECORDS SHOWING EXACTLY WHEN THEY ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THE BUILDING PERMIT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD POSSIBLY COME BACK AND TALK TO US AT A LATER DATE.
WE, WE ALWAYS KEEP, UH, UH, OFFICE, UH, BILL OVEN, THE EMAIL, WHATEVER WE DO WITH IT, WE JUST KEEP HIM ON.
WE CLOSE THE OPEN PORTION, THE PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR PERHAPS EMOTION? WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT IT, THAT, UH, FOR ANYONE WHO WAS WATCHING, UH, RIVETED TO THE SCREEN, WATCHING OUR HEARING TONIGHT, THAT I THINK ONE CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS CASE AND THE PREVIOUS CASE IS, UM, THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVES.
IF THEY CLEARLY HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO, UH, SINCE THEY GOT NOTED, RIGHT.
UH, IN MARCH, THEY THEY'VE TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE HAD ENGINEERS, THEY'VE, THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE WORK THEY'VE CLOSED.
IT THEY'VE RESPONDED TO, TO PROTECT THE, UH, UH, THEIR CUSTOMERS.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I, I AM, UH, AMENABLE TO WHAT YOU'VE DISCUSSED, ANDREA, WHICH IS LIKE A 90 DAY EXTENSION ON THIS, UH, TO GIVE THEM TIME TO KIND OF COMPLETE THIS BECAUSE CLEARLY THEY HAVE, THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF THAT AND THEY SEEM, UM, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT, THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE AND ARE IN FACT DOING SOMETHING I TEND TO AGREE WITH THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER STILL STUFF.
IS THAT, IS, WAS THAT TRUE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, YEAH, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M INCLINED TO AGREE WITH MR. FERRARA FOR EXACTLY THE SAME REASONS THIS, UH, I'M SEEING ENGAGEMENT BY THE OWNER.
I'M SEEING, UH, JUST GIVE A SENSE THAT THEY'RE SERIOUS ABOUT, UH, ABOUT MAKING PROGRESS HERE.
AND AS I TOO WOULD BE AMENABLE TO PLANTING IS AS MUCH TIME AS WE CAN, UM, WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ORDER.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I CAN'T AS CHAIR.
UM, I SUPPOSE I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE CITY, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WAS MODIFICATIONS OF GIVING, PROVIDING A NEW 90 DAY EXTENSION ON THE DEADLINE.
UH, I'D HAVE TO GET MY BINDER TO SEE WHAT THE EXACT WORDING NEEDS TO BE.
I THINK WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID IS CLOSE ENOUGH AND I'LL TRY AND RESTATE IT IF WE GET TO
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HAVE AN ACTUAL VOTE ON IT.I THINK I HEARD COMMISSIONER GREEN, NEVER SO SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF COMMISSIONER MILLER FOR A SECOND.
UM, ANY, SO, SO THE MOTION IS TO ADAPT STEPS.
I'M SORRY TO EMAN TO AMEND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER, UM, SUCH THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO OBTAIN AN ENGINEER'S REPORT TO ASSESS THE ENTIRE ROOF, WHICH COULD JUST BE AN AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION OF THE EXISTING ENGINEERS REPORT, BUT IT DOES NEED TO ADDRESS THE ENTIRE ROOF OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS, REPAIR, ALL CITED VIOLATIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE, THE ORDER IS MAILED.
UM, AND ALSO AS PART OF THAT ORDER OF THE FRONT SEATING AREA OF THE RESTAURANT WOULD REMAIN VACATED UNTIL ALL REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN CODE.
AND ON THE 91ST DAY, IF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED, ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $1,000 PER WEEK.
IS THAT, UH, IS THAT WHAT YOU INTENDED? COMMISSIONER FERRERO? YES.
THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU INTENDED WITH YOUR SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS STATED I WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL AGAIN, IF YOU JUST TOLD ME YES.
YOU'RE IN FAVOR OR NO, YOU ARE NOT STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIR.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MUELLER.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERRERA.
AND MYSELF COMMISSIONER FRYBERGER.
SO, UM, MR. TRON, A COPY OF THIS WILL BE MAILED TO YOU AND YOU HAVE 90 DAYS BASICALLY TO COMPLETE EVERYTHING AND WE DO WISH YOU THE FESTIVAL.
UH, COORDINATOR ALLIE, SHALL WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA? OKAY.
I'M TRYING TO TURN ON MY MICROPHONE AND SEE IF I CAN SWITCH TO MY I'M GOOD.
[3. Case Number: CL 2021-019718 Property address: 303 Chaparral Road/ Owner: Jimmy Floyd Smith Staff presenter: Farah Presley, Austin Code Department Previous Commission Action: Order issued February 24, 2021 for repair ]
THREE.ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER CL 2021 ZERO ONE NINE SEVEN ONE EIGHT REGARDING AND IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 303 CHAPARRAL ROAD.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS IS A FIRE DAMAGED SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE THAT IS CURRENTLY HOMESTEADED IN AN OCCUPIED.
THE BSC HEARD THIS CASE IN FEBRUARY AND AN ORDER WAS ISSUED FOR PAYER WITHIN 90 DAYS.
THE ORDER ALSO STIPULATED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER PROVIDE A WRITTEN REPORT BEFORE THE APRIL MEETING A COPY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS REPORT, AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE ACTIVE VSC ORDER CAN BE FOUND IN THE BLUE BOOK IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER, THE PROPERTY WAS PLACED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA FOR A STAFF ONLY.
SO THERE WILL BE NO EXHIBITS TO PRESENT.
AUSTIN CODE INVESTIGATOR FARE PRESLEY IS HERE TO PROVIDE THE BRIEFING AND WE'LL PRESENT SOME PAST AND CURRENT PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTY INSPECTOR PRESLEY.
I'M THE INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CREDIT DIVISION.
AND I'M ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE.
THIS IS AN UPDATE ON A PREVIOUS BSE ORDER FOR THREE, A THREE CHAPARRAL ROAD FROM FEBRUARY'S AGENDA.
THE OWNER, MR. JIMMY, JIMMY FLOYD SMITH HAS DECIDED TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
THE BUYER, JUSTIN POSES, AND MR. SMITH HAVE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT AND WILL HAVE THE CLOSING OF THE SALE OF THIS HOME ON JUNE 30TH, 2021, THE BUYER OF THE PROPERTY HAS CONTACTED US.
AND THE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY IS THE DEMO OF THE STRUCTURE.
THE BUYER IS AWARE OF THE BSE ORDER EXPIRING BEFORE HE WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLY.
AND THE CONTRACT CONCERNING THE SELL OF THE PROPERTY, THERE IS AN AMENDMENT FOR THE NEW BUYER TO PAY THE BSC FEE AND PENALTIES UNTIL THE PROPERTY COMES INTO COMPLIANCE IN THE FOLLOWING PHOTOS, I WILL DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AT THE PROPERTY.
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THAT'S JUST A FRONT CONTEXTUAL PICTURE OF THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY NEXT PHOTO.AND THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY THE, THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
UM, YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE ANY OF THE FIRE DAMAGE UNTIL YOU GET UP CLOSE.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE FIRE DAMAGE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE PROPERTY FACIA BOARD, WHERE IT'S MELTED THE FRONT OF IT UNDER THE EAVES WHERE IT'S KIND OF BURNT THE SMOKE DAMAGE.
NEXT PHOTO, A BETTER PICTURE OF THE EVE OF THE SMOKE DAMAGE.
THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE ON THE INSIDE DOES HAVE SMOKE DAMAGE.
NEXT PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF, UM, A LITTLE, UH, BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BEFORE HE KIND OF REPLACED SOME OF THE PANELS IN HERE WHERE IT'S MELTED ALL THE VINYL SIDING, NEXT PHOTO, JUST A BETTER PICTURE OF THE VINYL SIDING, SMOKE DAMAGE AND ALL THE MELTING OF IT.
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHERE THE MAIN FIRE WAS IN THE GARAGE.
UM, HE WASN'T ABLE TO REALLY FIX IT AS WELL AS HE SHOULD HAVE BECAUSE OF THE INSURANCE MONEY, BUT THIS IS WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO TO FIX THE STRUCTURES THE BEST HE COULD NEXT PHOTO.
UH, THIS IS JUST THE, UM, FRONT OF THE FRONT PORCH WHERE I WAS TRYING TO POST, UM, HE DOESN'T ENTER THIS WAY.
SO IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO GET INTO THIS AREA.
THIS IS JUST THE POSTING PHOTO OF THE NOTICE FOR BSC.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, SO MS. ALLIE, WE ARE NOT BEING ASKED TO TAKE ANY ACTION RIGHT NOW IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE, CORRECT? THERE WAS A BSC ORDER ENTERED IN FEBRUARY.
YOU ASKED FOR A 60 DAY REPORT, AND I BELIEVE A COPY OF THAT REPORT IS IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER IN THE FORM OF AN EMAIL WITH SOME ATTACHMENTS.
AND THEN YOU HAD THE BUYER MR. POSES APPEAR DURING CITIZEN'S COMMUNICATION.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL THE FIRST PART OF JUNE, SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND AS A PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVE, BUT HE DID COME DURING CITIZENS' COMMUNICATION AND HE SPOKE BRIEFLY.
AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH NO ONE IS CONTESTING, THE CURRENT ORDER, THEY'RE JUST ACKNOWLEDGING IT AND GIVING US THE UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE PROPERTY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? I WOULD LIKE TO, YES.
[4. Election of officers for the Building and Standards Commission ]
CHAIR, THE FIRST ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION IS THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION.AT THIS MEETING, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO ELECT BOTH THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR WHO WILL SERVE A ONE-YEAR TERM BEGINNING, MAY 20 MAY 1ST, 2021.
AND THAT TERM RUNS THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2022.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE BSC BYLAWS ARTICLES, FOUR AND FIVE REGARDING OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES, THE BYLAWS CAN BE FOUND IN, IN YOUR RED BOOKS, IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER.
UM, I'LL GIVE EVERYONE A MINUTE TO LOOK THOSE UP IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
UM, I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
THE BYLAWS DON'T TALK AT ALL ABOUT HOW WE ACTUALLY DO THE ELECTION, BUT, UH, I FIGURED, WELL WE'LL WING IT LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR TOO.
UM, I GUESS I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING, IS, ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE A DESIRE TO FILL EITHER OF THESE POSITIONS, VICE CHAIR OR CHAIR? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD, WHO YOU, WHOM YOU THINK WOULD BE GOOD FOR EITHER OF THE POSITIONS? SURE.
I WANT TO NOMINATE YOU TO BE REELECTED AND SHARE THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND I WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER YEAR IF THE COMMISSION SO DECIDES.
UM, COMMISSIONER FOR, I SAW THAT YOU HAD YOUR HAND HAND UP TOO.
I WAS GOING TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR OUR CURRENT CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR POSITIONS AND FOR OUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP.
AND SINCE YOU'VE BEING, I'VE JUST BEEN NOMINATED THAN I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, PABLO CONTINUE, MR. ABILA CONTINUE IN HIS CURRENT ROLE AS WELL AND NOMINATE HIM IF HE ACCEPTS
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COMMISSIONER ABILA.ARE YOU OKAY? THERE'S A SECOND.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU WILLING? I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MENTION A COUPLE OF OTHER, WELL, ACTUALLY THERE I'LL BE QUITE FRANK.
WE HAVE MANY GOOD OPTIONS ON THIS COMMISSION AS WELL.
AND, UM, AND I CERTAINLY SEE THE VICE-CHAIR ROLE IS SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, WHO IS CAPABLE OF STEPPING INTO THE CHAIR ROLE WHEN, UM, WHEN THE CHAIR IS NOT HERE AND POSSIBLY BECOMING NEXT YEAR'S CHAIR.
UM, I THINK MR. THOMPSON ACTUALLY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT VICE CHAIR.
I THINK MS. MUELLER WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT VICE CHAIR.
WELL, WE HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS.
UH, SO UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WILL CALL THE QUESTION HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER FREIBURGER AS CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER ABILA AS VICE CHAIR, PLEASE SAY AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? AND DID ANYONE ABSTAIN? OKAY, SO I'M SEEING, I'M SEEING NINE IN FAVOR, UH, MS. ALLIE, DOES THAT MATCH WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? LET'S SEE.
AND THANK YOU TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION.
[5. Austin’s winter storm multi-family report Presenter: Elaine Garrett, Austin Code Department ]
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, FIVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS I NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA IS AUSTIN'S WINTER STORM MULTIFAMILY REPORT.THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ELAINE GARRETT WITH AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT IS HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE PRESENTATION ON THIS TOPIC, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, GARRETT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN.
UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
I THINK I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE VIDEO SO I CAN GET STARTED.
UM, MY NAME IS JULIAN GARRETT.
I AM AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU, UH, A REPORT REGARDING THE AUSTIN CODE OF DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
SO NEXT SLIDE, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE WERE IMPACTED SEVERELY BY THE CITY'S, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, RESPONSE TO THE, THE WEATHER THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 15TH.
UH, WE RECEIVED AN ANNOUNCEMENT AT THAT TIME FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE CITY HAS, UH, PRETTY MUCH HAD TO SUSPEND NORMAL OPERATIONS AS WE WERE FACING CONDITIONS THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE OR REALLY PREPARED FOR.
UH, AT THAT TIME, OUR DEPARTMENT ITSELF HAD TO HELP ITS OPERATIONS DURING OUR ROUTINE CODE INSPECTIONS.
UH, AND THAT WAS FOR THAT ENTIRE WEEK.
UH, WE DID HOWEVER MOBILIZE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM.
UH, WE FELT THAT AT THIS TIME IT COULD BE, OR THERE WOULD BE CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRED US TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND FOR POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS OR UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
UH, OF COURSE, ALL OF THIS TOOK INITIAL PLANNING, UH, WITH THE INITIAL PLANNING.
I MEAN, WE HAD TO MOVE QUICKLY AS THE CITY WAS, AS I SAID, KIND OF JUST STAGNATED, UH, IN THAT INITIAL PLANNING, UH, WE BEGAN BY COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO RESPOND WHEN REGARDS TO EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND PERMITTING PROTOCOLS.
UH, WE KNEW THAT IT HAD BEEN IMPACTED ALREADY DUE TO THE LACK OF, UH, SERVICES OR LACK OF CONTRACTORS AS WELL AS EQUIPMENT.
UH, SO WE DID COORDINATE WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF RESPONSE TIME THEY WERE MAYBE GOING TO UTILIZE SO THAT WE COULD MAKE OUR TIMELINES, UH, BE COMPATIBLE.
UH, AT THAT TIME WE ALSO COMMUNICATED WITH
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THREE, ONE, ONE, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMPLAINTS COMING IN, UH, WERE, WERE REALLY SENT TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION BECAUSE, UH, AT THAT MOMENT, YOU KNOW, AUSTIN WATER WAS RECEIVING SEVERAL COMPLAINTS.WE WERE PLEASED BUYER, EVERYONE HAD, UH, UH, HAD AN AREA AND A ROLE DURING THIS RESPONSE.
SO THE COORDINATION WITH THREE, ONE, ONE WAS, UH, NEEDED NEXT SLIDE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OF COURSE, THE COMMUNICATION ASPECT OF IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.
UH, OUR PIO, WHICH IS OUR CEO TEAM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH TEAM.
UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, WE HAD THEM DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED THAT WE COULD PUT OUT ON OUR WEBSITE AND PROVIDE THAT MESSAGE, UH, ALSO FOR CODE CONNECT LINE, WHICH IS THE LINE THAT IS UTILIZED BY THE PUBLIC.
AND THEY HAVE MANY QUESTIONS REGARDING CODE CASES OR STATUSES.
UH, WE HAD ALSO DEVELOPED A BILINGUAL, UH, COLD WEATHER INFORMATION FLYER TO DISTRIBUTE OUT, UH, TO, TO THE, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE COLLABORATED WITH CROSS DEPARTMENTAL PIO CHANGED DURING THIS EVENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALL UTILIZING THE SAME INFORMATION AND RESOURCES GIVEN REGARDING ATX REPAIRS, UH, MESSAGES, UH, WERE WE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT? AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD STAFF THAT WAS REPORTING THERE AS WELL.
AND OUR DIVISION MANAGERS WERE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER DURING THIS TIME.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, MOST OF OUR PROCEDURES, UH, WERE KIND OF ALTERED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COVERING OUR STANDARD, UH, UH, WE'RE COVERING THE CASES AND IN A DIFFERENT MANNER DUE TO THE CHANGING AND, AND THE WAY WE WERE RECEIVING THE INTAKE CALLS, AS WELL AS WHAT WAS NEEDED.
UM, MOST OF, UH, WHAT WE DID, OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING WAS PRIORITIZED, UH, AND IT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN, UM, MORE DIFFICULT FOR US BECAUSE WE WERE ALSO PRIORITIZING COVID-19 CASES AS WELL DURING THIS TIME.
SO BOTH OF THOSE WERE IMPACTING OUR RESPONSES.
UM, WE DID RESPOND TO THESE INSPECTIONS ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY.
WHAT DID CHANGE THOUGH, WAS A TEMPORARY DELAY AND HOW WE SENT OUT THE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS TO ANYBODY WHO WAS IN VIOLATION AT THE TIME.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID DO IN THIS AFTER DISCUSSION WITH DSD WAS, UH, BECAUSE THE TIMELINES WERE CHANGED FOR, UH, EMERGENCY PERMITTING AND THE POTENTIAL FOR OBTAINING CONTRACTORS OR ABROAD RETAINING EQUIPMENT OR NEEDED FARTS FOR REPAIRS.
UH, WE, AS I SAID, WE DELAYED OUR NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS GOING OUT AND WHAT WE DID DO THOUGH, HOWEVER, WE'RE REQUIRED, ALL OF THOSE CASES, UH, THAT WE DID GO TO SITE THAT THOSE, UH, PARTICULARLY MULTI-FAMILY UNITS PROVIDE US, UH, AN ACTION PLAN OF WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO AT THE TIMELINE AND ANY, UH, ANY ALTERNATIVE SERVICES THAT THEY WILL PROVIDE TO THE TENANTS ROCKETS.
UH, WE DID ASK TENANTS AND OCCUPANTS OF THESE PROPERTIES TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REACHED OUT TO THE LANDLORDS AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A SERVICE REPAIR ORDER.
THIS WAS SO THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY COULD DOCUMENT THE FACT THAT THEY WEREN'T COMMUNICATION WITH THE, UH, MAN LANDLORDS OR THE MANAGERS, UH, AND ARC.
AND ON OUR END, WE DID NOT CLOSE CASES UNTIL WE, THAT THE LANDLORDS HAD FOLLOWED UP WITH THEIR PLANS, UM, FOR ANY COMPLAINTS.
UH, WE ALSO WERE ADDITIONALLY RECEIVING COMPLAINT REGARDING ACCUMULATION OF BRUSH TREES BECAUSE OF, UH, OF THE WEATHER BET.
AND SO WE COORDINATED WITH AUSTIN RESOURCE RECOVERY, WHICH, WHO, WHO STILL HAS A TIMELINE.
THAT'S STILL THERE, THEY'RE STILL BACKLOG, UH, NEXT LINE.
HOW DID WE IMPLEMENT IT? WELL, BASICALLY, UH, THAT FIRST WEEK OF PLANNING WHILE THE CITY WAS SHUT DOWN, UH, WHEN WE RETURN TO SERVICE ON THAT SATURDAY, UH, WE ASSEMBLED A DIRECT RESPONSE TEAM TO COME IN BECAUSE WE KNEW WE WOULD HAVE A BACKLOG OF THREE, ONE, ONE COMPLAINTS THAT HAD NOT HAD BEEN AGGRESSED.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD MAKE THOSE COMPLAINTS AND FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD TO DETERMINE AND ASSESS WHAT WAS GOING ON.
UH, WE HAD OUR EXTENDED HOURS TEAMS AND SHORT-TERM RENTAL STAFF KIND OF REGRET THEIR, THEIR ATTENTION TO THAT AREA INSPECTIONS.
OR AGAIN, AS I SAID, WERE PRIORITIZED.
AND AT THE MOMENT THAT WE RETURNED TO DUTY ALL OF OUR CITY REPEAT OFFENDER PROPERTIES, UH, WERE PRIORITIZED TO, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT OR NOT, THAT WE
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CONDUCTED INSPECTIONS OF THOSE PROPERTIES.UH, WE ALSO HAD, AND IT WAS REQUESTED AND WE PROVIDED 10, UH, OF OUR INSPECTORS TO ASSIST WITH EMERGENCY WATER DISTRIBUTION.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW AT THIS TIME, SEVERAL PROPERTIES, UH, HAD NO WATER.
WE WERE, ALTHOUGH, UH, THE WEATHER WAS LETTING UP.
UH, WE NOW HAD THE AFTERMATH, WHICH WAS NO WATER SERVICE, UH, OUR IT, OUR, UM, OUR, IT DEVELOPED A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRACK OUR INCREMENT WEATHER CASES AND BE ABLE TO MANAGE THEM AND SEE HOW THEY WERE PROGRESSING ALONG THE TIMELINE ON THE 22ND OF FEBRUARY, WHICH IS THE WEEK, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE EVENT, WHEN WE STARTED BACK TO WORK, WE ENDED UP HAVING, UH, WE PARTNERED WITH THE AUSTIN WATER UTILITIES TO, TO RESPOND TO THE COMPLAINTS THAT, THAT STILL HAD NO WATER.
AND OUR PRIMARY FOCUS ON THIS WAS TO FIND OUT WHO DID AND WHO DID NOT HAVE WATER SERVICE AT ALL.
UH, WE WENT INTO PHASE TWO AFTER THIS, UH, AND ON PHASE TWO, THIS BECAME, UH, THE INTERIOR UNITS.
I KNOW YOU HEARD SEVERAL CASES OR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TONIGHT, BUT, UH, THEN WE WENT TO SEE WHAT THE ASSESSMENT OF WAS FOR THE INTERIOR OF THESE UNITS THAT WILL REPORT IT THROUGH THE THREE ONE, ONE SYSTEM.
UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT STAGNATED US.
UH, MANY OF THE RECORDS, UH, DID NOT HAVE A PRECISE ADDRESSING OR UNIT NUMBERS.
AND SO WE WERE NOT THAT KIND OF BOUGHT A LOST US SOME TIME AND RESPONSE THERE, UH, UNTIL WE COULD FIND OUT WHO THE ACTUAL COMPLAINANT WAS AND WHERE THEY WERE AT, UH, WE ENDED UP RESUMING OUR INSPECTIONS ON A PRIORITY BASIS, AGAIN, AS I SAID, UM, WE HAD TO RECOVER, UH, THE THREE ONE, ONE CASES THAT, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, UH, ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT ADDRESS.
AND THEN WE HAD TO COME BACK AND TRY TO TRACK THOSE DOWN.
SO SOME OF THAT PUT US BEHIND, UH, WE VERIFIED RESOURCE NEEDS, AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR TWO TO THREE WEEKS AFTERWARDS WITH, UH, WITH ASSISTANCE, WITH, WITH ASSISTING THE EMERGENCY HEALTH, UM, OPERATION CENTER, UH, THE LANDLORD SUBMITTAL OF ACTION PLANS FOR THOSE THAT DID GIVE US THAT WE DID WANT THAT ACTION PLAN WITHIN TWO DAYS, UH, WE REVIEWED IT, UH, IT WAS IMPACTED IMPACT IN OCCUPANTS AND TENANTS.
AND SO WE NEEDED TO FIND OUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE IF, IF, IF THEY WERE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE AND HOW THEY WOULD RESPOND.
UM, MANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS DID PROVIDE US THAT WE DID HAVE A FEW WHO DID NOT, WHO DID NOT PRETTY MUCH ACKNOWLEDGE IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING THOSE PROPERTY AND LANDLORDS RECEIVE NOTICES RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
SO, UH, THE, THE, THE LAY ON THE NOTICES WERE FOR THOSE WHO ARE TELLING US, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A CONTRACTOR, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND PROPERTY.
UH, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND EQUIPMENT FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT SLIDE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE DATA, AND THESE NUMBERS ACTUALLY ARE HIGHER AND HOW THIS IS, THIS DATA WAS AS OF, I BELIEVE THE 21ST, LAST WEEK WHEN I PUT THIS TOGETHER, UH, THE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, MORE NOTICES HAVE GONE OUT, BUT WE, UH, AS OF THAT 28, WE HAD RECEIVED 773 CASES.
UH, WITH THOSE CASES WE HAD OVER 300 DEFICIENCIES CITED.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR DEFICIENCIES WORK FOR, UH, EITHER, UH, ELECTRICAL OR WATER ISSUES.
UM, IT WAS ALSO FOR STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS ON THE INSIDE, UH, WILL COLLAPSE OF THE, OF THE WALLS OR THE CEILINGS.
UH, OUR NOTICES, WE HAD 272 NOTICES AND ONE CITATION.
AND AS I SAID, THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INCREASED A LITTLE BIT, UH, AS OF TODAY'S DATE, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD, UH, SEVERAL ACTIVE, WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL ACTIVE CASES PENDING, UH, BUT A LARGE AMOUNT WERE CLOSED.
UH, THOSE WERE THE INITIAL ONES THAT WE WENT OUT TO VERIFY WATER OR NOT, NO WATER SERVICES.
UH, SO, AND, AND MANY OF THOSE THAT WERE CLOSED WERE THOSE THAT WE COULD NOT LOCATE, UH, THE ACTUAL LOCATION WHERE THE CALL COMPLAINANT WAS COMING FROM NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS JUST A HEAT MAP TO SHOW YOU AN INITIALLY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, WHERE OUR HIGH IMPACT WAS, AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN THE OLDER PARTS OF THE TOWN, UH, WHERE OUR STRUCTURES HAVE SUFFERED THE MOST IMPACT.
UH, WE DID SEE THAT MOST OF THE STRUCTURES THAT HAVE LOST HOT WATER OR, UH, THAT HAD NO HOT WATER, EVEN AFTER WATER SERVICES WERE PROVIDED, UM, WAS BECAUSE OF THE AGENT, THE STRUCTURE AND THE EQUIPMENT AROUND IT.
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ALL RIGHT.SO OUR NEXT STEP OBVIOUSLY IS OUR ESCALATION AND HOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE LEGAL ESCALATION.
SO ONCE THE TIME FRAME HAS EXPIRED, UH, IN FACT, SOME OF THESE CASES WILL HAVE EXPIRED OR HAVE ALREADY EXPIRED, AND WE'LL BE, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE SPECIAL CALL MEETING THAT WE'LL HAVE COMING UP NEXT MONTH.
UH, BUT ONCE THEY HAVE EXPIRED, WE'LL ESCALATE THEM THROUGH THE FOLLOWING AVENUES.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING PROCESS, UH, AND SEVERAL, UM, THAT WE'LL BRING INTO THIS COMMISSION NEXT MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE NOT FILED IN COURT YET.
UH, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IS THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE RETRYING, UH, AN IMPROVEMENT FOR, UH, CONNECTED MOBILITY WITH THREE ONE, ONE, AND DEVELOPING SOME, A BETTER ONLINE DASHBOARD, BE ABLE TO TRACK THE CASES AND, AND HAVE BETTER SERVICE FOR THE CUSTOMER.
UH, WE HAD A LINK THAT WE PROVIDED TO PROPERTY OWNERS DURING THIS TIME AS WELL.
UM, AND THIS IS THE LINK THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM.
WE ALSO PROVIDED THE SERVICES AND TO THE LANDLORDS AND MANAGERS AS TO WHERE, TO THOSE WHO WERE HAVING DIFFICULTIES LOCATING CONTRACTORS, UH, UH, AT THAT TIME, AS I SAID, A LOT OF US WERE JUST KIND OF STAGNATED AND WEREN'T ABLE TO, UH, A LOT OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING TO THE REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND THE RESOURCES.
AND I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE LAST ONE.
UH, SO, UH, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT.
WE DID ASK FOR A SPECIAL COST SESSION WITH, UH, THE COMMISSION AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING SOME OF THOSE CASES TO YOU, UH, NEXT MONTH, UM, OPEN FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS ON SLACK, MS. GARRETT, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M NOT SURE THAT IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO ANSWER IT, UM, I MEAN, THESE, THESE STATISTICS ARE INCREDIBLE.
JUST LOOKING AT THE SHEER VOLUME OF, OF POTENTIAL CASES.
UM, OVERALL IN TALKING WITH LANDLORDS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE MOST OF THEM ARE REALLY TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST, OR DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S 50 50 OR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A GUT FEELING ON THAT? UH, BY LOOKING AT THE STATS THEMSELVES, BASICALLY THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THE STRUCTURES AND THE CONDITIONS.
UM, WE REALIZED EARLY ON THAT THEY WERE ALSO CHALLENGED, RIGHT? THEY COULD NOT, THEY COULD NOT GET TO THE PLACES AS WELL.
UH, THEY COULDN'T FIND THE RESOURCES.
AND I MEAN, THAT IS A CRITICAL THING ON THEIR END.
UH, THE SECOND PART WAS ONCE THEY WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE CONTRACTOR, UH, THEN THE CONTRACTOR OBVIOUSLY HAD SOME PROBLEMS OBTAINING EITHER THE EQUIPMENT OR, UH, THE ITEMS THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR.
UH, SO WE DID SEE THAT, UH, WE, I WOULD SAY THERE WAS PROBABLY 20% THAT WE SEE THAT DIDN'T, THAT AREN'T MOVING, LIKE THEY SHOULD, UH, OR, OR DOING THE BARE MINIMUM.
UH, SO, UH, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THOSE THAT DID, THEY GOT, THEY DID GO OUT THERE AND ATTEMPT TO GET THE REPAIRS AS QUICK AS THEY COULD, UH, NOT TO SAY THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE A NOTICE.
THEY DID, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALSO IN COMMUNICATION.
AND THEN WE HAVE THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT IN COMMUNICATION.
AND THAT SMALL PERCENTAGE, THAT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD.
THAT'S I REMEMBER WE'RE GOING TO START TO SEE THAT AT OUR SPECIAL CALLED MEETING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS FOR MS. GARRETT COMMISSIONER.
FERERA NOT A QUESTION JUST TO COMMENT.
I WANT IT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
AND, UM, WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD WORKED COLLABORATIVELY WITH, UH, AUSTIN WATER AND THEN THE IT DEPARTMENT KIND OF QUICKLY RESPONDED WITH SOME, UH, CODE IDENTIFIERS, UH, I LIKED THAT, THAT TYPE OF, UH, UH, THINKING ON YOUR FEET AND THAT TYPE OF INNOVATION IN A TOUGH MOMENT, I THINK, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU RESPONDED TO A TOUGH SITUATION, AND THOSE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THINGS THAT, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, I'M GLAD TO GLAD TO SEE ARE TAKING PLACE.
AND I'M GOING TO SAY JUST A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CODE DEPARTMENT, JUST FOR DOING WHAT YOU CAN AFTER THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
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OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION, WE APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.[6. Discussion regarding the Repeat Offender Program ordinance and potential working group ]
NUMBER SIX.UM, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM ORDINANCE AND A POTENTIAL WORKING GROUP.
UM, I CAN'T MAKE MOTIONS, BUT I, I, I WILL MAKE IT CLEAR.
I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A WORKING GROUP, UH, TO ADDRESS THE ORDINANCE AND TO SEE IF IT NEEDS TO BE TWEAKED IN A WAY THAT COULD MAKE IT PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE TAILORED FOR THE SIZE OR SCALE OF A PROPERTY.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS THAT I'M THINKING THAT SOME, SOME SMALL PROPERTIES MIGHT BE GETTING MISSED.
SOME LARGE PROPERTIES MIGHT BE GETTING CAUGHT UP IN THE NET THAT MAYBE DIDN'T DESERVE TO BE THERE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS HAPPENING.
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO REVISIT THIS NOW THAT IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A FEW YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE COMMISSION'S THOUGHTS ARE ON THAT.
WELL, UH, THIS IS ALMOST AS OLD AS ME AND, UH, I WAS THINKING THAT I'D BE WILLING TO WORK ON THE WORKING GROUP.
UM, ARE THEY WORKED? UH, I FELT LIKE COLONY CREEK, WHATEVER IT'S BEEN HANDED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAS BEEN, UH, STILL HAS A RESIDENCE, BUT LIMITED WATER OP OPTIONS AND PROMISES, PROMISES THIS COMMISSION ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO GET REPAIRED.
SO, UH, THAT'S ONE, UH, DISCREET EXAMPLE THAT WE COULD LEARN FROM AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM TO HER APPLYING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO ARE, I SHOULD BACK UP A LITTLE BIT TO OUR BYLAWS TOLD US THAT WE CAN FORM A WORKING GROUP OF ANY SIZE SO LONG AS WE DO NOT HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
SO THAT WOULD CAP IT AT FIVE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMISSION.
WE'RE ALSO ALLOWED TO BRING IN STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, BUT I'M NOT ENTIRELY CERTAIN IF WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP, UM, THIS LINK, IF YOU'RE STILL ON THE LINE, COULD YOU MAYBE ENLIGHTEN US ON THAT, UH, PATRICIA LANK ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, IT WOULD BE CLEAR FOR THE RECORD IT, AND IT WOULD BE CLEAR WHO IS PARTICIPATING AND NOT PARTICIPATING.
IF YOU TAKE AN ACTION, UM, TODAY IN THE MEETING TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO WHO'S GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKING FOR THEM, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN KEEP YOUR, THE ISSUES WITH WARREN, UH, STRAIGHT.
UH, ACTUALLY I HEARD A CHAIR QUESTION.
WAS THAT MISS SALLY, MR. GREEN, WHO WAS ME? I DO WANT TO READ A LITTLE STATEMENT FROM SOMEONE ELSE FROM ANOTHER COMMISSION, BUT I CAN WAIT, GO AHEAD.
OH, UH, I THINK THE GIST OF IT WAS THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION, UM, AND VOTE ON IT, ESTABLISHING THE, THE COMMISSION.
AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE RECORD IF WE ACTUALLY LIST WHO THE COMMISSIONERS ARE, SO THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING OUR QUORUM RULES.
UM, SO, UH, I THINK WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS LOOK FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM THIS COMMISSION, AND THEN AS MISS ALLIE, AS YOU WERE ABOUT TO STATE, UM, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE OTHER OUTSIDE PERSON, STAKEHOLDER WHO HAS ASKED TO BE ADDED TO THAT ADDED TO THAT WORKING GROUP.
AND I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO REACH OUT TO AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER GREEN AND I COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, I THINK YOU HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST, IS THAT CORRECT? I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
I'VE EXPERIENCED LIVING IN THOSE PLACES.
SO I HAVE A INSIDE TRACK OF UNDERSTANDING.
UH, I AM INTERESTED IN SERVING ON IT, BUT IF WE END UP BUMPING UP AGAINST HAVING TOO MANY COMMISSIONERS ON IT, I CAN STEP BACK TOO.
IS ANYONE ELSE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE WORKING GROUP? CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UM, JUST A SECOND COMMISSIONER ABIOLA.
WAS THAT A QUESTION OR WAS THAT A YES.
YOU WANT TO SERVE ON IT? I MEAN, CRISPY.
MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT IS THE LARGE OF THE WORKING GROUP?
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EXCELLENT QUESTION.UM, I DON'T ALWAYS PICK UP THE, UH, UH, ANY, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO TRY TO IMPROVE IT.
SO FOUR VOLUNTEERS SO FAR, INCLUDING MYSELF, ANYONE ELSE FROM THE COMMISSION WHO IS INTERESTED.
UH, MISS ALLIE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING US UP TO SPEED ON, I THINK IT'S TIMOTHY ARNDT.
UH, CHAIR, UH, I HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT FROM COMMISSIONER TIMOTHY AREN'T OF THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS.
HE ASKED THAT I READ THIS TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, TIM ARNDT, C V C COMMISSIONER TOVO, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TOVA IS APPOINTEE TO THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO POTENTIALLY FORMING A JOINT WORKING GROUP REGARDING THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM ORDINANCE.
HIS BOARD HAS ALSO DISCUSSED THE ORDINANCE AND IF A JOINT WORKING GROUP ISN'T POSSIBLE, HE WOULD LIKE AT LEAST TO BE INVITED TO JOIN YOUR BOARDS, WORKING GROUP AS A COMMISSIONER FROM THE BUILDING AND FIRE CODE BOARD OF APPEALS TO LOOK AT THE CITY REPORT AND POSSIBLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL ON THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO FORMALLY FORMALLY ADD HIM TO THE WORKING GROUP.
I THINK THAT WE COULD PROBABLY FORM THE WORKING GROUP AND THEN BRING IN STAKEHOLDERS AS, YOU KNOW, AS THE GROUP SEES FIT.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED A NOMINEE OR WE DO NEED A MOTION TO FORM THE WORKING GROUP.
I MOVED BACK TO ME ABOUT, UH, WORKED UPON THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM, WORKING GROUP.
SO IT WAS A FENDER TO FISCAL YEAR 2018.
I COULDN'T HEAR THE LAST PART OF YOUR STATEMENT, MR. GREEN.
WE MOVED ONE OF THE WORKING GROUP.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO STATE THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD BE ON IT? UH, LET'S SEE.
THAT'S YOUR FIBER? UH, C VICE CHAIRPERSON, UH, AVENUE OPPOSITE LAR.
AND, UH, THERE WAS A FOURTH, I'M SORRY, YOURSELF.
AND, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON WAS INTERESTED CONSTANTLY AND MYSELF JOHN GRAY.
ALL IN FAVOR OF FORMING A WORKING GROUP TO STUDY THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM AND POSSIBLY FORM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
UM, SAY I PERHAPS WAVE YOUR HAND AND I, IS ANYONE OPPOSED? AND DID ANYONE ABSTAIN OKAY.
I'M HEARING AND SEEING NINE, UH, IN FAVOR.
SO, UH, THIS ALLEY AS SUPPOSE THE BEST WAY FOR US TO DO THIS MOVING FORWARD WOULD BE IF YOU COULD POSSIBLY PUT THE FOUR OF US IN CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER, I'LL BE HAPPY TO VIA VIA EMAIL OR PHONE NUMBERS.
AND WE CAN DETERMINE THAT THE BEST WAY TO MEET, UH, WE ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT SO WE CAN MEET, YOU KNOW, BY PHONE, BY ZOOM AND PERSON IN A BAR.
UM, AND WE CAN DECIDE HOW OFTEN WE'D LIKE TO MEET AND WHAT ANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING IN.
WOULD YOU TO MOVE IT? SORRY, SORRY, MR. GREEN.
YEAH, WE CAN ENCOURAGE RECOVERY OF WELL VISITS BY MAKING SURE THAT WE, YOU GO TO PLACES WHERE IT'S OUTSIDE AND WE CAN BE SOCIALLY DISTANT, BUT, UH, FINANCIALLY, UH, AND SOME, UH, REVENUE TO SOME, UH, UH, LOCAL, UH, UM, I'M VACCINATED.
I WOULD BE UP FOR THAT, BUT, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL CHECK WITH ALL FOUR OF US.
WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S A PLACE THAT PLACE
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IN TIME AND METHOD THAT WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH.UM, MISS ALLIE, SHALL WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? YES.
[7. Presentation regarding Austin Code’s process to vacate and relocate tenants Presenter: Robert Moore, Austin Code Department ]
SEVEN IS ANOTHER PRESENTATION DIVISION MANAGER.ROBERT MOORE IS HERE TONIGHT WITH THE PRESENTATION REGARDING AUSTIN CODES PROCESS FOR VACATING AND RELOCATING TENANTS.
UM, HE ALSO HAD, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HAVING SOME STORM PROBLEMS, SO SOMEONE MAY PRESENT FOR HIM.
ROBERT, ARE YOU ON THE LINE AND AVAILABLE TO PRESENT? I'M HERE? I'M GOOD.
SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
UH, EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME FINE WORKING EVERYWHERE.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M THE DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT.
UH, LAST MEETING, UH, IT WAS ASKED OF AUSTIN CODE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A SITUATION, UH, OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN TENANTS GET MAYBE RELOCATED, UM, AND, AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER TO, UH, HOPEFULLY ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS AND IF NOT, I'M AVAILABLE AFTER TO ANSWER ANY THAT MAYBE WERE MISSED.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET RIGHT INTO IT.
UH, THE OVERVIEW IS GOING TO BE WHAT AUTHORITY SPEAKS TO ISSUING AN ORDER TO VACATE.
UH, WHEN IS THERE A NEED FOR AN ORDER TO VACATE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ORDER TO VACATE IS ISSUED AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UH, THE OWNER RESPONSIBILITY FAILS? UM, SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UH, SO, SO THERE'S KIND OF A BLEND OF AUTHORITIES THAT, UM, GIVE, UM, ALL THESE POWERS, I GUESS, TO US, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE VACATE AND NONE OF THESE ARE IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
I JUST HAVE SNIPPETS OF KIND OF THE SECTIONS THAT APPLY TO WHAT WE'RE, UH, LOOKING FOR.
SO THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO ONE 4.001, UM, AUTHORITY REGARDING SUBSTANDARD BUILDING.
SO IF YOU LOOK A, IT SAYS A MUNICIPALITY MAY BY ORDINANCE REQUIRE THE VACATION RELOCATION OF OCCUPANTS SECURING REPAIR REMOVAL, OR DEMOLITION OF A BUILDING.
THAT IS THE LACK OF DATA AT SUBSTANDARD OR UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION AND HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF, UH, THAT GIVES THE MUNICIPALITY THEIR, UM, POWERS, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
IF YOU LOOK AT TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 54.036 FUNCTIONS, THIS SPEAKS TO, UH, THE COMMISSION WHERE, UH, THE COMMISSION PANAMA MAY ORDER THE REPAIR WITHIN A FIXED PERIOD OF BUILDING FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE, DECLARE A BUILDING SUBSTANDARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POWERS GRANTED BY THIS CHAPTER.
SO Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH ONE AND TWO FOR THE MOST PART, BUT IF YOU MOVE OVER TO THREE, IT SAYS ORDER IN AN APPROPRIATE CASE, UH, THE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY FOUND ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO SECURE THE REMOVAL.
IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT, UH, CONDITIONS EXISTS ON THE PROPERTY THAT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE, UH, AN ORDER ACTION TO BE TAKEN AS NECESSARY TO REMAIN PITY, ALLEVIATE, OR REMOVE ANY SUBSTANDARD BUILDING FOUND TO EXIST.
THEN THIS IS WHAT TALKS TO THE RELOCATION ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS TEXAS PROPERTY CODE 21.046, UH, UNDER B THE STATE OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE SHALL AS A COST OF ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY PAY, MOVING EXPENSES AND RENTAL SUPPLEMENTS.
UM, GO AHEAD AND SLIDE BEHIND.
SO B UM, I'LL, I'LL START OVER, UH, THIS STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE SHALL AS A COST OF ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY PAY, MOVING EXPENSES AND RENTAL SUPPLEMENTS, MAKE RELOCATION PAYMENTS, PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ACQUIRE REPLACEMENT HOUSING, UH, AND COMPENSATE FOR EXPENSES, AN INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSFER OF THE POT PROPERTY.
IF AN INDIVIDUAL, A FAMILY, THE PERSONAL PROPERTY OF A BUSINESS, A FARMING OR RANCHING OPERATION, OR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS DISPLACED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION E UH, IF A PERSON MOVES OR DISCONTINUES, THE PERSON'S BUSINESS MOVES PERSONAL PROPERTY OR MOVES FROM THE PERSON'S DWELLING AS A DIRECT RESULT OF CO CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S THE KEY RIGHT THERE, A REHABILITATION OR DEMOLITION PROGRAM, THE PERSON IS CONSIDERED TO BE DISPLACED
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BECAUSE OF THE ACQUISITION OF REAL PROPERTY.UM, IF WE COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO THIS IS THE AUTHORITY THAT SPEAKS TO RECOVERING COSTS, AND IT'S KIND OF GOING BACK TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TWO ONE 4.001, UH, M AND N.
SO M STATES THAT IF A BUILDING HAS NOT VACATED SECURED REPAIR REMOVED, OR DEMOLISHED, OR THE OCCUPANTS ARE NOT RELOCATED WHEN THE ALLOTTED TIME THE MUNICIPALITY MAY VACATE SECURE REMOVE, OR DEMOLISH THE BUILDING OR RELOCATE THE TENANTS, OR I'M SORRY, OCCUPANTS ADDICTS AT ITS OWN EXPENSE.
UH, THAT'S SAYING, IF THE OWNERS DON'T DO IT, WE CAN THEN DO IT.
THE SUBSECTION DOES NOT LIMIT THE ABILITY OF A MUNICIPALITY TO COLLECT ON A BOND OR OTHER FINANCIAL GUARANTEE, UH, THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION K.
SO IN, UH, STATES, IF THE MUNICIPALITY AND CURVES EXPENSES UNDER SUBSECTION M THE MUNICIPALITY MAY ASSESS THE EXPENSES ON, AND THE MUNICIPALITY HAS A LIEN AGAINST, UNLESS IT IS A HOMESTEAD AS PROTECTED BY THE STATE, TEXAS CONSTITUTION, THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE BUILDING WAS LOCATED, UH, THE LIEN IS EXTINGUISHED.
IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OR ANOTHER PERSON HAVING IT TO THE PROPERTY, REIMBURSES THE MUNICIPALITY FOR THE EXPENSES, UH, THE LIEN ARISES AND ATTACHES TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THE TIME OF THE NOTICE OF THE LIEN IS RECORDED AND INDEXED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK AND THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED.
THE NOTICE MUST CONTAIN THE NAME.
AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF GOES ON FROM THERE, BUT THAT THAT'S JUST SHOWING THAT WE CAN RECOVER THE COST OF ESSENTIALLY BY PLACING A LIEN.
UM, IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WHEN IS THERE A NEED FOR AN ORDER TO VACATE? UH, SO THE NEED IS IF THE TENANTS OR OCCUPANTS ARE IN IMMEDIATE DANGER, UM, IT'S, THIS IS KIND OF DISPLACEMENT IS A LAST RESORT.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S GOTTA BE AN IMMINENT DANGER.
I KNOW, UH, WE SHOW A LOT OF, UH, PRETTY BAD PHOTOS AND SOME OF OUR PRESENTATIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, DID YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THAT ROACH AND THEN START MOVING PEOPLE OUT, RIGHT? WE WANT IT TO BE, UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY BAD.
IT'S GOING TO BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.
AND, AND NO ONE WILL BE SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS LOUDER THAN AUSTIN CODE ABOUT WHEN IT'S TIME.
UH, YOU'LL SEE IT IN OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT COMES BEFORE YOU, UH, AND WE'LL BE VERY UPFRONT AND READY TO GO ABOUT IT, UH, BECAUSE WE W WE'LL KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME.
SO, UH, YOU CAN HAVE FAITH THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, IF YOU WOULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WHAT HAPPEN HAPPENS WHEN AN ORDER TO VACATE IS ISSUED? UM, SO THIS IS BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK TO THE OWNER FIRST TO PROVIDE, UH, ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES.
AND SOME OF THOSE COULD LOOK LIKE, UM, MOVERS.
IT COULD BE SETTING PEOPLE UP IN HOTELS.
UH, IT COULD BE PROVIDING BATHROOMS OUT IN THE PARKING LOT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THESE TRAILERS THAT YOU CAN RENT.
UH, I'VE SEEN THEM AT WEDDINGS.
I'VE SEEN THEM, UH, WE'VE HAD APARTMENT COMPLEXES, RENT THESE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WATER GOES OUT, GOES OUT, OR THEY DON'T HAVE HOT WATER, UH, SPACE HEATERS, AIR CONDITIONING UNITS, UH, WATER BOTTLES.
UH, WE WE'VE HAD A, LIKE A PERFECT CASE.
ONE TIME WHERE, UH, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE, UM, UH, THE D RETENTION WALL BROKE, AND IT WAS KIND OF UP ON A HILL.
AND, UH, I'D SAY ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT FOOT OF EARTH JUST KIND OF FELL DOWN WITH IT.
UH, AND YOU COULD JUST SEE UNDER THE FOUNDATION OF THIS THING, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE SCARED.
SO, UH, THE, THE OWNERS JUMPED ON IT RIGHT AWAY.
THEY FLEW DOWN FROM WHEREVER THEY WERE OUT OF STATE.
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH STATE, I THINK IT WAS UP NORTH SOMEWHERE.
THEY PROVIDE A WATERS, DID THE TENANTS WHILE THEY WERE MOVING TACOS, I THINK, UH, THEY PUT THEM UP IN VACANT UNITS, SISTER PROPERTIES.
SO THAT'S JUST A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT A RESPONSIBLE, UM, OWNER DOES, UH, WHEN, WHEN THINGS HAPPEN LIKE THIS.
SO, UH, WE LOOKED TO THAT FIRST AND WE HOPE THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN THIS, WHEN, UH, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS AND, AND TENANTS ARE FORCED TO LEAVE THEIR DWELLINGS, UH, IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN OWNER RESPONSIBILITY FELLS WILL, UH, THE CITY HAS AN
HOWEVER, ANY CITY DEPARTMENT MAY REQUEST AN ACTIVATION RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES INVOLVING TENANT DISPLACEMENT, WHERE THE OWNER OR MANAGER OF THE PROPERTY IS UNABLE OR WILLING UNWILLING TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND RESOURCES TO THE TENANT.
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THAT WE ARE, UM, UPDATING IT.SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD PLAN.
IT JUST, WE'RE GOING THROUGH A LITTLE UPDATE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT, BUT NOTHING CHANGES WHAT I'M TELLING YOU HERE.
UM, SO SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT COULD BE INVOLVED, UH, INCLUDE AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT, ALSO FIRE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, HOMELAND SECURITY.
I CLICKED OUT MY BED, UM, HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND OFFICE OF REAL ESTATE SERVICES.
SO THE BASIC ACTION PLAN IS TO DETERMINE THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF THE INCIDENT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A, UM, A DUPLEX OR A 20 BUILDING, UM, UM, MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY, UH, COORDINATE INITIAL OPERATIONS, BASICALLY, UH, LOOK TO THE, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED AND SEE WHO, WHO IS NEEDED, UH, IN, IN WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN CONTACT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM MEANS GET THAT TEAM TOGETHER.
UM, COMMUNICATE INFORMATION, INSTRUCTIONS, UH, OFFER TENANT ASSISTANCE AND MONITOR AND REEVALUATE CONDITIONS.
AND IF YOU COULD GO TO THE LAST SLIDE I BELIEVE HERE IS, UM, WE, WE, WE GOT DANGEROUSLY CLOSE.
I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS A, UM, IT WAS A, A HALF OF A DUPLEX.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE TEAM TOGETHER, WE GOT IT, IT WAS IN THE WORKS, AND THEY DID A COST ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE IF WE WERE TO MOVE THESE PEOPLE OUT.
AND WE ALMOST DID, AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO, UH, IT WORKED OUT IN OUR FAVOR.
UH, THE OWNER EVENTUALLY STEPPED UP, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COST THE CITY $60,000 FOR, UM, TWO PEOPLE ESSENTIALLY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY BASE IT OFF OF A, A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENT OF A 42 MONTH, UH, ASSESSMENTS.
IT'S A, IT'S A HUGE COST TO INCUR, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, TO PEOPLE $60,000.
I MEAN, I THINK IF IT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO THROW THIS UP THERE TO GIVE Y'ALL, UH, THE COMMISSION AND IDEA OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE IN 60, YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU LOOK COMPARABLE RENT $1,500, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT'S GONE UP IN TWO, THREE YEARS.
SO, UH, I THINK IT EVEN BE HIGHER NOW.
UM, AND IF YOU WOULD NEXT, OH, THAT'S, THAT WAS THE LAST SLIDE.
UH, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I KNEW I WASN'T GOING TO GET OUT THEN I DID SEE YOUR HAND TOO.
SO THE RENTAL, THE RENTAL ASSISTANT PAYMENT, YOU MENTIONED 42 MONTHS FOR THAT.
WHO OR WHAT DETERMINES THAT TIMEFRAME.
ONCE SOMEONE HAS BEEN MOVED OUT, UH, THAT IS THE STANDARD THAT THEY USED, UH, TO, I GUESS I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THAT COMES FROM.
MAYBE TRISH COULD CHIME IN, BUT I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, DISRUPTING A PERSON, LIKE HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE FOR SOMEONE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER A TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT DISPLACES THEM.
UH, BUT I COULD BE MAKING THAT UP.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY GOT THE 42 MONTHS.
A PETITION LIKE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
THAT IS THE CALCULATION THAT OUR REAL ESTATE SERVICES OFFICE DOES, UM, TO CALCULATE ASSISTANCE BECAUSE UNDER THE STATE LAW, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW, UM, KIND OF THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS OR RELOCATION.
AND SO THEY USE THE 42 MONTHS, UM, WHICH IS BASICALLY HAS IT AT THE CAP IS THE BETTER THAN THE PATIENT.
AND THE CHALLENGE THAT REAL ESTATE SERVICES HAS IS IF YOU RELOCATE SOMEONE EVERYDAY THEM TO RELOCATE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THERE LONG ENOUGH WHERE THEY CAN HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO AFFORD TO LIVE THERE FOR THE FALL.
AND THAT'S PART OF THE CHALLENGE.
UM, SO HAD, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, WHEN WE DID THE SIMILAR THING FOR THE TENANTS OF ORCHARD PLAZA YEARS AGO, UM, BUT WE HAD TO BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE TENANTS AND PROVIDERS THAT WANTED ASSISTANCE WITH ASSISTANCE TO PAY THEM HELPING
THIS IS TO MOVE TO A, THAT A COMPARABLE, WE ALSO WORK WITH AS WELL PUBLIC HEALTH, BECAUSE IN CASE
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OKAY.SO THIS QUESTION MIGHT, I MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY ALSO.
UM, SO WHAT DETERMINES WHEN THAT MONEY WOULD BE, UM, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WOULD PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY SO THAT THE OWNER WOULD PAY THAT FUNDS VERSUS THE CITY HAVING TO PAY IT.
SO THE WAY IT WORKS OUT IS IF THE COMMISSION ORDERS VACATE AND RELOCATE, THE ORDER WILL SAY THAT IT WAS ME WHEN I WAS ON THE BEACH.
AND IF THEY DON'T BOTH CAN BE AGGRAVATION, THEN THE CITY CAN DO IT IN THE PROVINCE EXPENSES.
AND SO IT PROVIDES THE OWNER AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BEFORE WE I'M TASKED WITH DOING THAT.
THAT'S MORE WORK OUT KIND OF TIMING, BUT WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD THE CITY, IF THE OWNER REFUSES TO DO IT, WHY WOULDN'T THE CITY SAY WE'LL DO IT, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT, OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE LIEN ON YOU.
IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED, BUT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS ASKED TO COME TO THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMISSION HAS TO ISSUE IN ORDER TO DO THAT PROCESS TO MOVE THAT WAY.
SO WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION UNDERSTANDING WHAT TO DO WITH THE WELL, BUT IF THE COMMISSION ORDERS VACATE RELOCATE, THEN THAT PROVIDES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES.
AND IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION? YES.
FERERA DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OH, YOU'RE MUTED.
I MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE, YOU MUST'VE SEEN IT IN MY FACE BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN RAISE MY HAND.
BUT, UM, SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND IF WE, IF WE DON'T ISSUE AN ORDER, THEN THERE'S NO RECOURSE FOR THE CITY TO RECOVER THAT EXPENSE.
IS THAT WHAT WE DO? THEN YOU CAN PUT A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY, THE, TO GET THE EXPENSE BACK, BUT IF WE DON'T ISSUE AN ORDER, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
UM, THE CITY NEEDS AN ORDER FROM THE COMMISSION OR FROM THE FLOOR OR TWO.
AND BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, THE ORCHARD PLAZA ACTUALLY ENDED UP BEING TWO, WHICH PUT US IN A POSITION TO ROBERT.
SO THE ORDER TO VACATE, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PREPARE A CASE AND HAVE THAT COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE COULD EVEN WEIGH IN ON IT.
SO, SO THIS IS MOST LIKELY YOUR FASTEST PATH TO BE ABLE TO GET AN ORDER TO VACATE.
IS THAT CORRECT? OR DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MEANS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WALK UP ON SOMETHING AND THE ROOF HAS JUST CAVED IN AND, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR THE NEXT MEETING TO GET THAT ORDER IN PLACE? I MEAN, POTENTIALLY WE COULD GO STRAIGHT TO DISTRICT COURT, BUT, UH, IT STRENGTHENS OUR CASE TO PASS THROUGH THE BSC AND GET, UH, AN ORDER FIRST.
UM, I MEAN, IF IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A FIRE, YOU KNOW, THAT DISPLACES PEOPLE ANYWAY, I MEAN, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALREADY DISPLACED, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T, I MEAN, IF IT'S SOMETHING IMMINENTLY DANGEROUS, I'M SURE THAT, UM, AND I'M TALKING LIKE, YOU GOTTA GET 'EM OUT NOW.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT TO GO TO THE BSC AND, YOU KNOW, GET THIS ORDER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, I MEAN, THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
I MEAN, AS FAR AS, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN UP ON, UH, WE'RE A FIRE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY, OBVIOUSLY THE PEOPLE HAD TO GET OUT CAUSE IT WAS ON FIRE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, RED CROSS SHOWED UP, IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE.
SO THEY SHOWED UP IN THESE, UM, BUSES, CAPITOL, METRO BUSES, AND THEY ALL KIND OF WAITED IN THERE AND THE WARMTH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GET THAT SQUARED AWAY.
UM, BUT I DON'T, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS SITUATION IS THAT THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, CODE RECOGNIZES SOMETHING AND WE FEEL IT'S DANGEROUS ENOUGH TO WARRANT A VACATE ORDER.
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ROUTE AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO GO TO DISTRICT COURT, WE WOULD DO THAT TOO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NO.
OTHER THAN WANTING TO GET A COPY OF THAT PRESENTATION.
WE AGREED THAT YOU BET CHAIR THE PRESIDENT.
WE'LL ALSO BE PUT IN PLACE IN THE BACKUP IN TO THE
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BSC SITE ALSO, BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO SEND THESE TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS THEM.SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, MELANIE, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? YES, I'M SORRY.
I THOUGHT MY MICROPHONE WAS ON ITEM
[8. Presentation: 2021 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) Proposed Amendments Presenters: Dedric Knox, Kecia Lara and Moses Rodriguez, Austin Code Department ]
NUMBER EIGHT.OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
AUSTIN CODE SUPERVISORS, KESHA, LAURA MOSES RODRIGUEZ AND DEIDRE KNOCKS ARE HERE TONIGHT WITH THE PRESENTATION ON THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE IPMC PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
UM, AND I BELIEVE DIEDRICH HAS MAKING THIS PRESENTATION.
ONE OF OUR CODE SUPERVISORS IS HERE TONIGHT.
MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS DIEDRICH KNOX I'M WITH AUSTIN CODE DEPARTMENT.
I'M CURRENTLY SERVING WITH MOSES RODRIGUEZ AND T'CHALLA ON THE RPM SEAS, UM, 2021, UM, AMENDMENTS FOR, UH, THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO THIS EVENING IS TO ASK YOU IF WE COULD, UH, APPEAR BEFORE YOU AGAIN, ON MAY THE 26TH OF WALLET PRESENTED THE MAJOR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.
UH, WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH SOME STAKEHOLDERS AND WE'RE STILL WORKING CURRENTLY ON SOME AMENDMENTS AND WE'RE WORKING ON SOME DEFINITIONS WITHIN, UH, THE CODE ITSELF.
SO I GUESS I'M CONFUSED, YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE YOU WANT TO PUSH THIS PRESENTATION TO THE MAIN MEETING OR YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE TO PRESENT AT THE MAY MEETING? YES, MA'AM.
WE WOULD LIKE TO PUSH THIS PRESENTATION TO THE MONTHLY MEETING.
IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING ALREADY.
MA'AM UM, MELANIE, DO I NEED ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? OR CAN I DO THAT? I THINK YOU CAN.
I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO THAT YOURSELF.
WE'D LOVE TO SEE YOU IN MAY AT THE END OF MAY.
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OKAY.WE'RE WE'RE AT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS NOW, AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY CONTINUED CASES THAT ARE BEING, UH, PUSHED FORWARD.
UM, OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY I WILL REMIND YOU OF A FEW THINGS.
IT'S A SPECIAL CALL MEETING AND WILL CONSIST OF CASES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US AS A RESULT OF THE WINTER STORM EVENT.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 26TH.
AND IN JUNE WE WILL NEED START LOOKING AT THE ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT, WHICH IS DUE TO THE CITY CLERK BY THE END OF JULY.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER THAT WILL BE JOINING US SOON.
UH, EDWARD SELIG AND I THAT'S, ALL I KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE A NEW COMMISSIONER THAT WAS APPOINTED FOR DISTRICT 10.
SO ONCE HE FINISHES HIS TRAINING, HE'LL BE JOINING THE COMMISSION.
AND I BELIEVE THIS IS MS. SHELDON'S LAST MEETING.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH HER GOOD LUCK.
GOOD LUCK TO HER ON, I WISH SHE WERE WITH US, BUT GOOD LUCK TO HER REGARDLESS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
THE MUELLER FLATS THAT CAME UP AT CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US AS CODE AWARE OF THIS, ARE THEY WORKING ON CASES OR WHAT, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL US ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, THAT, SORRY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MUELLER MUELLER FLATS THAT CAME UP THAT IS, THAT WILL BE ON THE MAY 13TH AGENDA.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW.
AND THERE WAS A CASE THAT, UH, HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP AT CITIZENS COMMUNICATION, I BELIEVE AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING TOO, UM, THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR AN UPDATE AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS GOING TO GET ROLLED INTO THE MAY AGENDA AS WELL AS THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING.
THAT WAS I'LL HAVE TO, I APOLOGIZE.
IT WAS ON THE REPEAT OFFENDER LIST.
WAS THAT A NEW YORK AVENUE? YES.
THAT WILL ALSO BE ON THE, THE MAY 13TH AGENDA.
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UH, COMMISSIONER HERRERA.I'M GLAD THAT TO HEAR THAT MUELLER FLATS WILL BE ON OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND IF ANY OF THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SPOKE EARLIER TODAY ARE STILL ON.
UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY COMPELLING TESTIMONY.
UM, UH, EXCEPT FOR APPROVAL OF OUR LAST MONTH'S MINUTES.
IT WILL BE ON THE NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA.
I DON'T BELIEVE I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
EITHER NOT HEARING ANYTHING FROM ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN AND CALL THE TIME FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I SUSPECT THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE A LONG ONE, AN IMPORTANT ONE, BUT A LONG ONE.