[CALL TO ORDER]
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I'M GOING TO CALL THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER FOR DECEMBER 7TH, 2022.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THE TIME IS NOW 6:42 PM MY NAME IS SHABA.
I'M CHAIR OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION.
OKAY, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL, ROLL AND ASK THE COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT TO PLEASE, UH, SIGNIFY THAT YOU ARE HERE.
UM, A REMINDER TO THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PROMOTING IN, PLEASE, UH, TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, YOUR CAMERA, AND KEEP IT ON AT ALL TIMES SO THAT WE CAN CONTAIN IT FOR.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, GO THERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER BENIGNO IS NOT HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER STILL SET? OKAY.
I THINK YOU'LL MUTE BUTTON SIGN.
AND COMMISSION OF HE'S NOT HERE.
AND I HAVE COMMISSIONER FRANCIS AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE THE FIRE MARSHAL HERE.
YEAH, IT'S, I'M SWITCHING SURFACE CHECKS, TIMING AND
IN EVENT, WE'RE ALL RIGHT, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
SO BEFORE THE CASES ARE CALLED, THE COMMISSION WILL ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMUNICATION ON THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES ALLOTTED, UH, OR SIX MINUTES FOR ANYONE REQUIRING INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMUNICATION TONIGHT.
TONIGHT THE COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT A HEARING FOR FOUR OF THE FIVE CASES THAT ARE ON THE POST AGENDA.
THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER FOUR CASES FROM FOUR DIFFERENT 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 THE HEARING ARE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE APPROPRIATE DECOR AND, UH, CIVILITY SO AS NOT TO IMPAIR THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT, UH, BUSINESS.
THE COMMISSION'S COORDINATOR OF THELAN HALL WILL CALL EACH CASE ON THE AGENDA FOLLOWED BY TESTIMONY.
OUR SIMPLE STAFF WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN YOUR CASE IS CALLED.
THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY MUST COME FORWARD AND TAKE A SEAT, UH, NEAR THE PODIUM, OR IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, MAKE SURE TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE.
THE CITY WILL PRESENT ITS EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES FIRST, AND YOU OR YOUR REPRESENTATIVES MAY THEN ASK THE WITNESSES ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR TESTIMONY.
AFTER THE CITY HAS PRESENTED ITS EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PRESENT YOUR OWN EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES AS WELL.
YOU'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES TO PRESENT YOUR CASE.
WHEN THE TIMER INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, WE ASK THAT YOU FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, AND WILL IS THAT DESIGNATED TIME PAPER FOR TONIGHT? WOULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF? YES.
AND AFTER YOU AND THE CITY HAVE PRESENTED EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES, THE COMMISSION WILL THEN OR MAY THEN ASK QUESTIONS OF EITHER SIDE.
AFTER THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS, I WILL ALLOW FOR OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WHO ARE PRESENT TO OFFER ANY RELEVANT TESTIMONY ABOUT THE CASE.
BOTH SIDES AND THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES.
AFTER ALL THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONIES CONCLUDED, THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE CASE AND VOTE ON A DECISION.
THE COMMISSION'S DECISION WILL BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT AND A COPY OF THAT DECISION MAILED TO YOU.
A DECISION OF THE COMMISSION IS FINAL IN BINDING UNLESS APPEALED TO THE DISTRICT COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AS PROVIDED IN THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE, PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTIONS
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WHEN YOUR CASE IS CALLED, WITNESSES WILL NOW TESTIFY UNDER OATH.ANY PERSON THAT WANTS TO PRESENT TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMISSION, IN ANY CASE, INCLUDING THOSE PROMOTING IN, PLEASE STAND UP AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND SO THAT YOU MAY BE SWORN IN.
DO EACH OF YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU'LL BE PROVIDING TONIGHT IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? IF SO, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING I DO.
IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, WE'LL PROCEED TO CONSIDER THE AGENDA ITEMS. OH,
[1. Approve the minutes of the Building and Standards Commission regular meeting on October 26, 2022.]
ACTUALLY WE NEED TO ADMIT THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING FIRST.COME I TO, UM, ADOPT THE, OR APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 26TH PD STANDARDS COMMISSION.
DOES ANYBODY OBJECT TO, UM, US APPROVING THOSE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING IN OCTOBER? NO.
IS EVERYBODY, UH, IN AGREEMENT TO ADMIT THOSE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER EIGHT MEETING, MEETING? YES.
OKAY, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. ALI.
AND CHAIR, BEFORE WE BEGIN CALLING THE CASES, I JUST WANNA STATE ON THE RECORD THAT THE FIRST CASE ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS, UM, OH WELL, 20 14 0 1 8 8 42, REGARDING TWO THREE LELAND STREET HAS BEEN PULLED BY STAFF AND WILL NOT BE HER.
[3. Case Number: CL 2022-169032]
ON THE AGENDA FOR COMMISSIONS CONSIDERATION IS CASE C 20 22 1 6 9 0 32.PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1900 EAST 11TH STREET.
THE EXHIBITS GONNA BE FOUND IN THE DARK RED BOOKS IN YOUR READERS OR GOOGLE GRAPH FOLDER.
TONIGHT, WE ARE ADDRESSING THE PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE ON THE READER.
HERE ARE FEW FACTS ABOUT THIS CASE.
THIS CASE IS ABOUT A VACANT AND BLACK DATE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, WHICH IS ALSO HOMESTEADED.
THE CASE WAS INITIALLY OPENED IN OCTOBER, 2018 AND HAS REMAINED IN VIOLATIONS AT THAT TIME, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.
TODAY, THE DILAPIDATED AND NEGLECTED STRUCTURE CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE, IS CONSIDERED UNSAFE AND REQUIRES DEMOLITION.
AND YOUR READERS ARE GOOGLE DRIVE HOLDER.
YOU WILL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMP COMPLAINT IN CASE HISTORY, A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES MEMBERSHIP, A STRUCTURE MAP OF THE PROPERTY, A MAP INDICATING THE DISTANCE TO THE NEAREST SCHOOL, THE REQUIRED NOTICE OF VIOLATION, NOTES APPEARING AND POSTINGS, AND EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF CODES.
PHOTOGRAPH MARK AS TWO A TWO L.
AND LASTLY, CODES RECOMMENDED ORDER, VOTE.
INSPECTOR AARON HALE IS HERE TONIGHT IN THE EXHIBITS AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSIONER.
I AM THE CODE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE.
THIS MATTER WAS CALLED INTO 3 1 1 ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2018, AND CONCERNS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN 1900 EAST 11.
THIS PROPERTY DATES FROM 1912 COMPLAINANT, UH, INDICATED A NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL ABATEMENT ISSUES ON THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS A TRANSFERRED CASE, WHICH I ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF JUNE, 2020.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST, I'M SORRY, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 11TH STREET OF CHICAGO, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET FROM NOW.
IT'S NEARLY 60 FEET FROM HOUSTON TILL CITY UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS AND APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET IN BLACK.
SHE ELEMENT THROUGH A NUMBER OF SITE INSPECTIONS.
I OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURAL ISSUE.
THE ROOF OF THE HOME IS DETERIORATED, DANGEROUS, AND DEMONSTRATES AREAS OF COMPLETE FAILURE, WHERE THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE ENDS OF THE K TO A STATE IN WHICH THE ROOF OF CONTINUITY IS MAINTAINED ONLY BY THE SHINGLES, THE SIDING AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT ALONG THE WEST EXPOSURE OF THE HOME IS DECAYED, DETERIORATING AND FALLING AWAY.
THE DETERIORATION IS SO PROFOUND THAT LARGE ORPHANS OF THE SIDING AND STRUCTURE BECOME WINDLOW AND IS FLYING TO DEBRIS POSE A DANGER TO PASSING PERSONS IN TRAFFIC.
LARGE PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ATTIC AND ROOF STRUCTURE ARE VISIBLE AND OPEN FROM CHIPCOM STREET AS WELL.
THE PORCH CEILING FLOORING AND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AT THE FRONT OF THE HOME ARE DETERIORATED AND ROTTING AWAY.
THE CEILING ALONG THE FRONT PORCH IS COLLAPSING.
PORTIONS ARE FALLING TO THE GROUND MIDDLE.
MANY OF EXPOSED WINDOWS IN THE STRUCTURE ARE BROKEN OR MISSING AND HAVE BEEN IN COMPLETELY BOARDED OR NOT BOARDED AT ALL.
LOOSE, SHARP, SINGLE PANE GLASS, WHICH HAS BEEN SHATTERED TO PRESENT IN SEVERAL WINDOWS AND ON THE GROUND ADJACENT APPEAR IN CURTAIN SUPPORT
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STRUCTURES.THE POWER THE HOME APPEARS TO BE FAILING AND ROTTING AWAY IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, MOST NOTABLY ALONG THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPLETE PENETRATING THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE WHERE BY PERSONS, ANIMAL AND WEATHER CAN IN TRUE.
THE REAR DECK IS LIKEWISE FAILING.
UNSAFE, PACKED WITH DENSE, ACCUMULATED GARBAGE, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CRASH, RUBBISH AND DEBRIS, AS WELL AS VEHICLES AND COHABITATED BUILDINGS, LITERAL THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
A SECOND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE OCCUPIES THIS PARCEL AS WELL.
IT IS UNRELATED TO THE HOME, MADE THE BASIS OF THIS CASE.
HOWEVER, THE NEIGHBORS REPORT ITS OCCASIONAL USE AS AN MAY SHIFT GENERALIST.
THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THIS CASE, SEVERAL NOTICES OF VIOLATION HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO THE CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
MOST RECENT VALID NOTICE OF VIOLATION DATES FROM OCTOBER 11TH OF THIS YEAR, 11.
TOTAL VIOLATIONS HAVE UNIDENTIFIED REGARDING THIS PROPERTY.
ONLY ONE HAVING BEEN CLEARED SINCE INCEPTION OF THE CASE.
THESE VIOLATIONS INCLUDE OVERALL UNSAFE CONDITIONS, DEFICIENT PROTECTIVE TREATMENT, INSTRUC MEMBERS DETERIORATED FOUNDATION WALLS, DETERIORATED EXTERIOR WALLS, DETERIORATED ROOFS AND DRAINAGE, DETERIORATED AND FAILING PORCHES, BATORS FAILING AND DETERIORATING WINDOWS, SKYLIGHT AND DOOR FRAMES, DAMAGED SOUND AND IN FULL REPAIR AND NOT WEATHER TIGHT AND ACCUMULATED TRASH AND RUBBISH THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
I RECENTLY CLEARED ONE VIOLATIONS ON INOPERABLE VEHICLE, PARKED ON THE YARD.
IT'S BEEN THE OWNER OF RECORD IN THIS MATTER, AS WELL AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE STATE FOR THE EAST STATE.
HAVING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROPERTY HAVE BOTH INDICATED A DESIRE TO RECEIVE THE DEMOLITION AS FAR BACK AS DECEMBER, 2019.
THIS PROCESS WAS NEVER FINALIZED.
MY CONTACT WITH THE PARTIES HAS ESTABLISHED THE H THE HLC MANDATED A FEE OF APPROXIMATELY $900 AS A PREREQUISITE TO CONDUCTING A HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT STRUCTURE.
THIS FEE WAS NEVER PAID AND AS SUCH, THE ASSESSMENT WAS NEVER PROCESSED AND THE DEMOLITION PERMIT DID NOT PROCEED.
SOMEONE WAS LAST OCCUPIED IN 2018.
NOW, PRESENT PHOTOS WHICH VISUALIZE ISSUES IDENTIFIED IN MY NOTES OF VIOLATION.
EXHIBIT TWO A IS TAKEN FROM EAST 11TH STREET, STANDING IN THE STREET.
THAT'S THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
EXHIBIT TWO B IS A CLOSER VIEW.
THE PROPERTY, UH, YOU CAN SEE MY POSTED PLACARD INDICATING THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON THE PORCH STRUCTURE.
THERE YOU CAN SEE BEHIND MY PLACARD THAT A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE ROOF HAS FALLEN IN AND THE PORCH IS PACKED WITH THE DEBRIS.
YOU CAN SEE UNDERNEATH THE HOME, THE CURTAIN HAS FALLEN AWAY, UM, TO THE SIZE WHERE INDIVIDUALS OR ANIMALS TOGETHER.
TWO C IS A CLOSEUP OF MY PLACARD, 1900 EAST 11TH.
YOU CAN SEE THE FAIL ROOF AND THE NOTICE VIOLATIONS, YOU CAN SEE IS, I'M SORRY, TWO C.
THERE YOU CAN SEE THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION POSTED UNDERNEATH THE DOORBELL.
UM, AND THEN MY PLACARD THERE AND THE FAILING STRUCTURED TWO.
SEE THAT, THAT SLIDE 2D IS TAKEN FROM THE CHICO SIDE YARD INDICATING THE BOTTOM OF THE PORCH STRUCTURE FAILING THESE BOARDS CONTINUE TO FALL PORCH BELOW THE CEILING.
HERE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE FROM THIS ANGLE, BUT IT'S BOWED, UM, BETWEEN THE LIGHT AND WHERE I'M STANDING A LOW, AND IT'S IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE SEAT TO ME.
HE IS TAKEN FROM, UM, CHICON STREET.
I'M STANDING ON THE SIDEWALK OF THE MOUNT HOLY BAPTIST CHURCH.
AT THE LEFT, JUST AS A POINT OF REFERENCE IS THE, UH, EXCEPTION STRUCTURE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN USED AS A HOME AT ONE POINT.
YOU CAN SEE THE THREE SIDE WINDOWS THERE.
THE FRONT ONE HAS SHATTERED PLATE GLASS, WHICH IS PRESENT IN THE FRAME, AND IT PUT DOWN BELOW, MOST NOTABLY AT THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE YOU SEE IN THE DETERIORATED SIDING WHERE IT'S FALLEN AWAY, IT'S ROTTED.
UM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT MOST OF THE STRUCTURE YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN LIKELY RENOVATIONS TO THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT STRUCTURE THERE IS PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF HUNDRED.
UM, TWO F THE STREET SIDE SIDE YARD.
UM, THAT'S THE FORWARD WINDOW.
THE BE THE SOUTHERNMOST WINDOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S SHATTERED THERE AT SINGLE PANE BLAST.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT AN ORIGINAL WINDOW.
UM, THERE IS BROKEN GLASS AND GRASS BELOW.
THERE IS NO FENCE, UH, PREVENTING A TREE FROM THE SIDEWALK.
UH, DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE COLLEGE, THE CHURCH, AND A COFFEE SHOP DOWN THE STREET.
THIS STREET IS HEAVILY TRAVELED BY BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
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NEXT ONE, PLEASE.TWO G TAKEN FROM THE SIDE YARD.
AGAIN, LOOKING UP AT THE, THE HOME, SEE ITS COMPLETE PENETRATION TO P OF THE STRUCTURE.
UM, I THINK IT'S VISIBLE THERE THAT THE, THE ROOF STRUCTURE PROBABLY IS ORIGINAL JUST BY LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S COMPLETELY ROT DETERIORATED.
UM, AND THESE BOARDS THAT FALL HERE, UM, FREQUENTLY AS I'VE PATROLLED THIS AREA, BECOME WINDLOW, WIND UP ON A SIDEWALK, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINDS WE'VE HAD RECENTLY.
UH, THEY WIND UP IN THE FIELD ACROSS THE STREET.
THEY WIND UP AT THE CHURCH AND THEY WIND UP IN THE INTERSECTION.
NEXT PHOTO TWO H, THE PHOTO OF THE ROOF COULD SEE THE BOW AND THE ROOF THERE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY BOGGED.
UM, THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE IS COMPLETELY FALLEN AWAY.
AND IT'S MY BELIEF THAT ROOF IS SUPPORTED THERE JUST BY THE MACHINES.
WERE THERE TO BE A FIRE OR A WIND EVENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE ROOF SAFELY IN ANY WAY.
UM, I CAN'T IMAGINE IT HAPPENED IF THIS TRUCK WOULD CATCH FIRE.
NEXT PHOTO PIECE TO I IS THE NORTHERN MOTION WINDOW ON THE WEST EXPOSURE OF THE HOUSE.
UH, THE ONLY PORTION OF BLAZING THAT REMAINS IS JUST THAT SMALL LIP ABOVE THE REFLECTIVE SHEETING.
UM, THE REST OF THE WINDOW IS GONE.
UM, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCESSIBLE, IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE EASY ENOUGH TO SCALE THAT WOOD SHEETING THERE AND EVEN THROUGH THAT OPENING AREA UNDERNEATH THE PLANTS.
NEXT PHOTO TWO J IS THE REAR OF THE HOUSE STANDING BETWEEN THE REAR OF THE HOUSE AND THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PORCH, IT'S COMPLETELY PACKED AND I BELIEVE PROBABLY OVERLOADED.
IT IS BOEING, UM, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
IT'S COMPLETELY PACKED WITH RUBBISH.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A DOOR BACK THERE SOMEWHERE.
UM, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY OBSCURE OR OBSTRUCTED.
YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNDATION, NOT THE FOUNDATION, BUT THE, THE MUD SEAL AT THE BOTTOM THERE, UH, IS BROUGHT IT DETERIORATED AGAIN, PROBABLY ALLY FROM UNDER YOUR, SO NEXT PHOTO PLEASE.
ACCESS IS THE UNDERNEATH OF THE HOUSE.
I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING, BUT I SUSPECT THE INTERIOR OF THE HOUSE IS ACCESSIBLE FROM, UH, UNDERNEATH THE, UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE HERE.
THAT'S BIG ENOUGH FOR A PERSON, OBVIOUSLY ANIMALS TO GET THROUGH.
TALKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, THEY HAVE INDICATED THEIR CONCERN HAVE RODENTS, UH, BUGS, OTHER INFESTATION.
THE NEXT RUNNING TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH ME.
NEXT ONE, IF THERE IS ONE, TWO L.
THAT'S THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE.
THAT'S THE, UM, JUST DEMONSTRATING THERE ARE TWO SHEDS BACK THERE.
PORTABLE SHEDS, COOLER, UM, A GREAT DEAL OF ACCUMULATED TRASH AND DEBRIS.
THERE'S ALSO TWO VEHICLES BACK THERE.
UM, I'VE BEEN TOLD THEY BELONG TO THE OWNERS OR OWNERS REPRESENTATIVES OF THIS PROPERTY.
UH, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE UNABLE TO GRAB NEXT PHOTO, PLEASE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES, UH, MY PRESENTATION WITH THE PHOTOS.
AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY CAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS.
AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, CO OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD OF DANGEROUS CONDITIONS.
STAFF ASKED SUBMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT IN CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO L.
STAFF ALSO REQUESTED THE PERMISSION ADOPT A PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW IN ORDER THE FOLLOWING.
ONE, REQUIRED OWNER COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED.
A OBTAINED, FINALIZED, ALL NECESSARY PERMITS.
B DEMOLISH ALL PORTIONS OF THE FRONT PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND REMOVES DEBRIS LEAVING THE LOT CLEAN AND RAED AND C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM OFTEN CODE BY COMPLIANCE ON THE 46TH DAY COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED.
A AUTHORIZED CODE OFFICIAL TO PROCEED DEMOLITION AND CONSIDER ALL PORTIONS OF THE FRONT PRIMARY STRUCTURE, INCLUDING ANY ITEMS IN AND AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
AS DEBRIS AND DISPOSE OF SUCH BEING, THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE ON NOTICE THAT THE CODE OFFICIAL IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS ALL EXPENSES INCURRED AGAINST THE PROPERTY, PLUS EXEMPTED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
A LIEN FOR THOSE EXPENSES CAN'T MAY BE FOLLOWED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND REPORTED WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY RECORDS.
AND HER SHALL APPROVE AT A RATE OF 10% PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT UNTIL MADE IN FULL COMMISSION.
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UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT, UH, LABELED EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO L.UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. HAYWOOD HERE TONIGHT, UH, REPRESENTING THE OWNERS.
OKAY, SO BASICALLY THE PROPERTY WAS THERE 2018.
HE WAS OLDER, HIS WIFE PASSED AWAY.
DO YOU MIND PROJECTING A LITTLE BIT SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN, UNTIL HIS WIFE PASSED AWAY AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA.
SO AT THAT POINT I HAD TO, I HAD ALREADY TELL HIM MANY YEARS THIS PROPERTY IS GONE.
SO YOU I FINALLY GOT A OUT OF PROPERTY AND ABLE TO PUT IT IN A TRUCK TO WHERE I STORE WHERE I STORE IN OCTOBER, 2020.
I FILE, I DID FILE GET, UH, MOCKED.
YOU HAD TO GO TO THE HISTORICAL LANGUAGE.
I HAD NO CLUE THAT IT WAS WHY THAT WAS, I WAS ADVISED TO GIVE AN ATTORNEY BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT IF THEY DECLARED IT AN HISTORICAL LAND BLEND AND I HAVE TO DEAL WITH A WHOLE TOTALLY DIFFERENT, OF COURSE, TRYING TO OBTAIN THE ATTORNEYS FOR THIS TYPE OF CASE IS VERY EXPENSIVE.
UH, IN MY OPINION, IT IS NOT A HISTORICAL LENDING.
JUST LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, I WENT TO, I DIDN'T PAY THE THOUSAND BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT OKAY, EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, THAT IN WAS TOLD THERE NO MEETINGS LIKE THIS ONLY MEETING BE ASSUMED OR, AND SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO ZOOM MEETING TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND MOVE IN HOW WORKS FORS.
SO, AND I'M NOT GONNA LOCK ME IN THAT PROCESS.
UH, DAD'S SITUATION, TAKING CARE OF HIM, HE JUST KIND OF GOT PUSHED BACK ON.
HE KIND OF GOT PUSHED BACK FURTHER.
UH, SO NOW WHAT'S ON ME COMPLETELY.
SO I WANT TO DO THE MOM TIME, THE 500.
I PAID HIM FOR THE PERFECT AMOUNT.
HE TOLD ME I HAD TO START OVER.
SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT AT THIS POINT.
I TALKED TO MR. RICE, GENTLEMAN AT THE HISTORICAL, I GOTTA START OVER.
WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT AND, UM, TELLING US, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE TRIED IN THE PAST.
I DO SEE IN THE NOTES THAT YOU DIDN'T PUT IN A PERMIT, UH, IN 2020.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES.
HAYWARD, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US TONIGHT.
SO, I GUESS IF, IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDER, WHICH IS TO BASICALLY ORDER THE CITY TO PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION, DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT OR ARE YOU WELL, I, I'M SORRY.
I WAS PREPARED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING PAID TO GET IT DONE.
CAUSE I'M PROBABLY COST MORPHINE.
YOU ARE, AGAIN, IT'S NOT YOUR JOB, BUT WE, WE PERSONALLY WOULDN'T BE DOING IT THAT YOU, THE TRAINING SERVER IS SOMEONE I, SO NOW IT'S A QUESTION OF ME START UNLOADING AND GETTING, GETTING THE PROCESS DONE.
I, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EVERYTHING.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE HISTORICAL LAND CONDITION.
I'M GETTING RID OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS AND I KNOW THE HISTORY BETTER THAN ANYBODY.
WHEN I WAS BORN, I WAS BROUGHT TO THE HOUSE.
I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW WHO LIVES WHERE.
IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED MANY TIMES.
THE BUILT INSTRUCTOR ON THE OUTSIDE, YEAH, THEY FOUND IT WAS A RESTAURANT MANY YEARS.
MY GRANDMOTHER, SOUTHERN DINETTE LEFT THERE AND OPENED HER OWN HERE.
IT'S JUST THAT, THAT THOUSAND, EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE MUCH TO PEOPLE, WHY AM I GIVING EM A THOUSAND DOLLARS? AND I KNOW THIS BUILDING CANNOT SAVED.
SO I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR, YOUR HEARTBURN OVER THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS GOING FOR REVIEW WITH A HISTORIC LAND COMMISSION IS NOT A CHOICE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.
UM, IT'S ALSO UNFORTUNATE WE AS A COMMISSION CAN'T ADDRESS THAT AT ALL.
THAT'S A SEPARATE CITY PROCESS.
UM, BUT I DID WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IF WE ARE TO DO THE PROPOSED DEMOLITION ORDER, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS 45 DAYS, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS IT GENERALLY TAKES THE CITY A FEW MONTHS, IF NOT SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE THEY START THE PROCESS OF ACTUAL DEMOLITION.
AND IF YOU WERE MEANWHILE TO SECURE
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THE PERMIT AND TO PROCEED WITH THE DEMOLITION YOURSELF, THAT THAT IS STILL AN OPTION.IF I SECURE YOUR PERMIT AND GET EVERYTHING SET UP, I DO UNDERSTAND THE PERMIT GAVE IT TO YEARS.
OF COURSE, I'M NOT WAITING TO USE, SO BASICALLY I HAVE 45 DAYS TO BRING IT DOWN, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, ACTUALLY WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M SAYING IS EVEN IF THE ORDER IS FOR 45 DAYS, AND WE MAY MODIFY THAT AS A COMMISSION, I, I DON'T KNOW YET.
I, I'VE IDENTIFY FOR THE PERMIT AS EARLY AS JANUARY 1ST.
SO RUNNING, I'LL DEAL WITH THE HISTORICAL LANGUAGE.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL SEE THINGS, LIKE I SAID.
AND THAT BUILDING WILL BE DOWN THIS YEAR.
IT WILL BE DOWN COMING NEXT YEAR.
CAUSE I DON'T WANT THEIR, I JUST STARTED A NEW BUSINESS, TAKE THE OUTSIDE STRUCTURE, THAT WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S RESTAURANT AND REDO IT AND I WILL RUN MY BUSINESS THERE AND CLEAR UP THE WHOLE RUN.
TWO VEHICLES IN THE BACK, THE WHITE TRUCK RUNS.
HE'S GONNA TAKE IT AND TAKE IT TO DALLAS LU CAR WAS HIS EX-WIFE THAT PASSED AWAY.
I'M GONNA SELL IT, GET RID OF MY 20 AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THE TREES DOWN AND EVERYTHING AND CLEAR OFF THE LOT EXCEPT JUST THAT, THAT'S MY PLAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION, COMMENTS? OH, GO AHEAD.
SO I HAVE A CLEAR, YOUR INTENTION IS TO TAKE IT DOWN, I THINK WHAT COMMISS SAY, THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO MODIFY THAT AND GET FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD SO THAT YOU CAN GET THAT DONE FOR THE CITY FALLS TRIGGER TO GET IT DONE FROM CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CITY THEY HAVE TO DO IT.
IT, SO I'M GONNA EXPEDITE IT OUTSIDE TO GET IT GO.
SO IF I GET THE PERMITS AND EVERYTHING, HOPEFULLY BY FEBRUARY THE STORE, MICHELLE, THE PHONE THEY TAKE SOON AS I GET THE PERMIT.
AND IF EVERYTHING APPROVED, I'LL THEY PAY THE MONEY HAVE BROUGHT, IT'S A LOT OF TORICAL STUFF IN AT HOME, BUT I WON'T WALK ANY PERSONALLY.
BUT I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT WANT TO GO IN THERE TO GET SOME OF THE EMPTY THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE.
SO FAMILY MEMBERS THAT KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UH, CHIEF KENNEDY.
UH, CHIEF KENNEDY AT THE STRUCTURE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT, UH, THE APPROACH WOULD TAKE TO, UH, ADDRESS IT? CAN YOU REPEAT THE, UH, LAST PART OF THAT QUESTION PLEASE? UM, YES.
IF THIS STRUCTURE, UM, CAUGHT FIRE AND, AND YOUR FOLKS RESPONDED TO IT, WHAT, AT A HIGH LEVEL, WHAT WOULD, UM, UH, YOUR APPROACH BE TO, UH, CON, CONTAIN OR ADDRESS? WELL, FROM, FROM THE, FROM THE PICTURES THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, FIRST IT WOULD BE WHAT WE WOULD BE PRESENTED WITH.
UM, AND THAT WOULD, THAT COULD BE A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT IF IT WAS ON FIRE, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE WORKING FROM AN OFFENSIVE POINT TO TRY AND, UH, STOP IT AT ITS AT ITS POINT OF INCEPTION.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE A A, A SMALL NUMBER OF CREWS, WHICH WOULD YOU CALL A FIRST ALARM.
DOES THAT SUFFICE AS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? WELL, I WAS WONDERING, I MEAN, WOULD THIS BE, UH, A STRUCTURE TO CONSIDER ENTERING THE STRUCTURE TO CONSIDER, UH, ADDRESSING, UH, AN ISSUE, UH, THAT WAS DEEP INSIDE THE, THE STRUCTURE? WELL, IF WE KNEW THAT THE STRUCTURE WAS ABANDONED, WE, WE WOULD NOT GO INSIDE AND LOOKING AT IT FROM, UM, THE, THE ON THE PHOTOS.
THAT WOULD BE AN ASSESSMENT MADE AT THE TIME BY THE, UH, BATTALION CHIEF OR THE INCIDENT COMMANDER.
BUT FROM WHAT WE WOULD KNOW NOW, UH, GOING INTO THAT STRUCTURE, WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, SOME PRECAUTIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT AT THE TIME.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PROPOSAL TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PART OF THE, THE HEARING OR DO WE STILL WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS? SO THE CODE INSPECTOR OR MOVE I'LL SECONDLY.
UM, IS EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF US CLOSING THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU.
THAT PART'S CLOSE, SO THANK YOU MR. HAYWOOD.
OKAY, WE'LL I TRY TO HOW DOES THAT HIP SURGERY WE CAN HAVE OH, TAKE YOUR TIME.
UM, SO, WELL MY THOUGHTS, SO ARE SEEMS
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LIKE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S JUST MORE FIGURING OUT THE LOGISTICS OR THE METHOD BY WHICH WE COULD PUT AN ORDER IN PLACE WHILE STILL GIVING THE, UM, HOMEOWNERS A CHANCE TO GET TO IT FIRST.
I'M NOT SURE I'VE HEARD A SPECIFIC TIMEFRAME, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'LL STILL TAKE MONTHS JUST FOR THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING IS FROM 1912 AND THE, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC OR NON HISTORIC PART OF IT HAS TO BE RESOLVED FIRST.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL THAT.
SO THOSE ARE THE THOUGHTS, BUT I THINK MAYBE WE NEED MORE THAN 45 DAYS.
UM, YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE STOP WHEN THE HISTORIC COMMISSION REVIEW STARTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE ORDER, I THINK IF THE ORDER IS BINDING AS AS WRITTEN, SO UNLESS IT'S APPEALED, THEN WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE FLU.
THEN THE HISTORIC SOCIETY DECIDE ARE GONNA TAKE A YEAR.
DO WE KNOCK IT DOWN ANYWAY? I MEAN, WHAT'S THE ORDER OF EVENTS HERE? LEGAL, OR, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UH, ROBERT MOORE, DIVISION MANAGER, AUSTIN CODE, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO WAIT THE SAME, I MEAN, WE, WE GO, WE GO THROUGH THE HISTORIC QUESTION TOO.
SO WE, WE CAN'T JUST GO PAST THE
WELL, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THOSE, BUT WE SAY SET THE ORDER AS IS, I THINK IT'S 45 DAYS AND WE START THE CLOCK AND THAT PUTS US END OF JANUARY AND HISTORIC QUESTION, OH, NO, NO, NO, WE'RE GONNA BOTH UP ONE SIDE OF A AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY TAKE US SIX MONTHS TO YEAR.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN? OH, TO PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA, THEY DECIDE, THEY DECIDED AT THE END OF JANUARY THAT THEY WANNA PUT IT ON THEIR AGENDA LIKE SIX MONTHS LATER AND THEY'RE GONNA WORK THROUGH IT OVER SIX MONTHS.
I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING.
SO YEAH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTION YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO TELL ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THE FACT THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXPENSES THAT MIGHT ACCUMULATE FOR ACCRUE IN THE MEANTIME.
AND THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, IS OUR 45 DAYS, REALLY 45 DAYS IF WE'RE GOT THE HISTORIC COMMISSION SOCIETY.
AND IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOT 45, I DIDN'T, I GUESS I MISSED, UH, DOES HE WANNA KNOCK THIS DOWN TOMORROW? IS HE ABLE TO DO THAT? OH, YEAH.
WELL, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM EXTENDING IT OUT, BUT I WAS THINKING THAT DOES THIS GO FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS? HISTORIC COMMISSION STOPS THE CLOCK.
AND YOU GOT DEBRIS FLYING AROUND SCHOOL AT CHURCH, QUESTIONABLE HOW YOU WOULD RESPOND TO THE CASE WITH FIRE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET EVERYBODY TO AGREE THAT WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS AS AS POSSIBLE.
BUT OF COURSE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THE, THE, THE TRIGGER HITS WITH THE HISTORIC.
THAT'S, THAT'S AN ONGOING, RIGHT? LIKE IN NO WAY.
NOW, UM, WHY DOES THE HISTORIC COMMISSION HAVE SUPREMACY OVER DESCRIPTION? OKAY,
I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A POINT OF ORDER, UM, THAT EVERYONE SHOULD WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE CHAIR BEFORE THEY SPEAK.
I KNOW OUR SETTING SEEMS MORE INFORM, UM, CAUSE WE'RE ALL JAMPACKED, BUT WE STILL NEED TO BE WAITING.
THAT WAY THE RECORD IS CLEAR, UM, IF ANYTHING DOES GET BILLED.
IN THAT CASE, UM, COMMISSION AGREE.
HAVE YOU FINISHED? UM, NO, I'D LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS, UH, UH, ATTORNEY, UH, UH, CO CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE, WHAT THE PRECEDENT IS WITH THE HISTORIC COMMISSION? I MEAN, WHERE DO THEY FIT INTO THIS, UM, COMMISSIONER? SO IF THE, UH, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO GO THROUGH THE LANDMARK COMMISSION, I, UM, HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION, THE CITY DOES THIS WELL.
SO, UM, AS VISION MANAGER MOORE SAID, IF, UH, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS GOING THROUGH THE HISTORIC MISSION, THE CITY'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEMOLISH IT WHILE HE'S WAITING.
THE CITY WOULD THEN HAVE A LATER START.
UM, SO IF, IF THAT COMMISSION IS CAUSING A HOLD UP FOR THE PROPERTY NUMBER, THEN THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE CAUSING THE SAME HOLD UP FOR THE CITY.
AND SO, UM, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
IT'S JUST THAT THE COMMISSION COULD KIND OF PULL UP THE PROPERTY OWNER AT CITY DEMOLISHED IN THE MEANTIME.
AND I, I DON'T FORESEE THAT HAPPENING BECAUSE THE CITY HAS TO GO TO BE THE SAME PROCESS.
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THAT'S OKAY.SO IF THE LANDOWNER GOES THROUGH THE HISTORIC LANDMARK COMMISSION PROCESS AND THEY COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT IT'S TO BE DEMOLISHED, AND THEN IT'S ALREADY BEEN, SAY THREE MONTHS INSTEAD OF 45 DAYS, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO THE, UM, SO, UH, YEAH, I CAN TAKE, SO WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING THIS PROPERTY, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE AUTONOMY TO START THE DEMOLITION, WHATEVER WE WANT.
THERE'S, EVEN THOUGH THE ORDER EXPIRES IN 45 DAYS ON THE FOUR, SIX DAY, WE'RE NOT DOWN THERE FILING PAPERWORK AND GETTING IT GOING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROPERTY AND IF THERE'S PROGRESS, WE'RE NOT GONNA JUMP IN.
WE'RE GONNA LET HIM CONTINUE TO DEMOLISH THIS THING.
NOW NOTHING HAPPENS FOR SIX MONTHS, THEN YEAH, WE'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LIKE, RIGHT, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND GET THIS GOING, KIND OF THING.
BUT IF THERE'S SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS AND WE SEE THE STEPS HAPPENING BEFORE OUR EYES AND WE'RE DOCUMENTED, WHICH WE DO, WE MONITOR THE CASE EVERY 30 DAYS, UM, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA LET IT HAPPEN.
I, I GUESS MY, MY STILL MY CONCERN IS, IS THE HISTORIC LANDMARK, LANDMARK COMMISSION CAN GO AHEAD AND SAY, WE'RE GONNA REVIEW THIS PROPERTY.
YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT UNTIL WE CAN MAKE IT TO THE DECLARATION, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S HISTORIC.
HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW LONG THAT TAKES? I'VE SEEN IN THE PAPER, SO EXTRAORDINARY.
I MEAN, WE COULD PROBABLY PUT SOME PRESSURE ON 'EM TO LET 'EM KNOW THAT THIS IS DANGEROUS AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU LOOK AT IT SOONER LATER, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU REALLY TAKE THAT SERIOUS.
SO I HAVE, UM, MS. ALI, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON, I WAS JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS THE DEMOLITIONS OF YOUR NO PENALTIES INVOLVED.
IT'S ALSO HOMESTEADED, SO WE WOULDN'T EVEN COLLECT, IT'S STILL HOMESTEADED AT THE TIME THAT WE PROFOUND DEMOLITION AND STILL WOULD NOT BE, I MEAN, WE WOULDN'T HAVE PA COLLECT TOO.
YEAH, SO I THINK WE CAN EXTEND TO 90 DAYS, RIGHT? THAT'S THE MAXIMUM WE CAN DO, UM, WITHOUT REQUIRING OTHER INFORMATION.
UM, SO JUST BEFORE PROPOSING THAT, I JUST WANTED TO SEE BASED ON THE PICTURES, IF, IF WE DID THAT, IF WE SAID WE ADOPT THE ORDER ABOUT THE EXTENT THE TIME HEARING OR ANYTHING THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE DONE TO SECURE THE PROPERTY.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA BE JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU LOOK ON THE PORCH OR UNDER THE HOUSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
DID YOU WANT TO ASK THAT TO THE FIRE MARSHAL TO YES.
CHIEF KENNEDY? YES, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK UP PROBABLY.
SO, UM, CHIEF KENNEDY, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I AM UHHUH.
SO THE QUESTION WAS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK, UM, IN, IN THE TIME WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE APPROVALS AND EVERYTHING, SO DEMOLITION CAN HAPPEN, DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO, UM, SECURE THE PROPERTY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE AREN'T IN DANGER BY IT? I CANNOT SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THAT, UH, BECAUSE, UM, I'M HERE IN CHIEF VOKI, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A PRACTICE IN THE PAST.
UH, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CHIEF VOKI GET BACK WITH YOU ON FOR, UH, CONFIRMATION ON HOW THAT'S DONE AND WHEN IT'S DONE.
REAL QUICK, AUSTIN FIRE WOULDN'T SECURE IT.
IT WOULD BE US, IT WOULD BE THE AUSTIN CODE CAR.
AND IF WE THOUGHT IT WAS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE, WE'VE ALREADY BOARDED IT SECURED, BUT IT WASN'T OPEN ACCESSIBLE, SO WE DIDN'T DO THAT.
DOES THAT ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION? YES.
SO IN THAT CASE, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER THAT EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD TO 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE IS MAILED.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I BELIEVE, UM, COMMISSION ELLI, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING EARLIER? I DID.
BASICALLY, I WANTED TO BUILD ON, WHEN MR. MOORE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT, THE PROPERTY IS, IS DANGEROUS.
WHY DOES THE HISTORIC COMMISSION HAVE SUPREMACY OVER THIS COMMISSION? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SUPREMACY, BUT THEY DEFINITELY HAVE SOME POOL ON PROTECTING PROPERTIES THAT DO HAVE SOME SIGNIFIC HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OTHER PROPERTIES WITH THEM AS WELL AND WE'RE TRYING TO
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GET SOME, YOU KNOW, RULINGS ON THOSE, YOU KNOW, AS WELL.BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS, THEN I, I THINK WE CAN GET IT DEMOED.
I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET, IT'S GONNA GET CAUGHT UP AND IF NOT, THEY MIGHT HAVE TO STAKE OVER THE CASE CAUSE THAT'S ALL KIND OF ON THEM.
BUT, UH, NO, I THINK, I THINK IT'LL GET DEMOLISHED IF THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING.
I THINK IF WE HAVE A PRETTY STRONG ORDER THAT WE CAN THEN, THAT HE CAN THEN TAKE IT TO THE HISTORIC COMMISSION AND HE SAYS HE HAS TO DO SOMETHING AND HE HAS THE CODE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTING HIM, THEY MIGHT CLICKER.
EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AS FAR AS THAT.
COMMISSIONER PRESS, I'LL SAY IT.
DID EVERYBODY HEAR THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE, UH, BY COMMISSIONER MUELLER? YES.
AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANCIS.
UM, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMPETING MOTIONS OR FRIENDLY AMENDMENTS, WELL WE CAN GO AHEAD AND, UH, VOTE ON THAT.
SO THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDER AND EXTEND THE TIME TO 90 DAY.
EVERYTHING ELSE STAYS THE SAME.
SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST, UH, GO IN ORDER, RIGHT.
COURSE COMMISSIONER FRANCIS, I, UH, COMMISSIONER BERGER, I USE FAVOR.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER STILL STA AYE.
WE DO HAVE, UH, AN APPROVED, UH, ORDER THERE.
SO MR. HAYWOOD, YOU'LL BE GETTING A COPY OF THE ORDER MAIL TO YOU, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS THOSE TO STAFF.
WE'LL GO ON AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM AND THE AGENDA
[4. Case Number: CL 2022-167323]
NEXT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION IS CASE NUMBER 20 22 1 67 3 23.THE ADDRESS FOR THIS CASE IS 1512 EAST SIXTH STREET.
THE EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE PURPLE WITHIN YOUR READERS OR GROUPS FOR HOLDER.
HERE ARE A FEW FACTS ABOUT THIS CASE.
THIS CASE IS ABOUT A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH TWO IDENTIFIABLE STRUCTURES.
HOWEVER, TONIGHT WE ARE ONLY ADDRESSING THE REAR DUPLEX STRUCTURE.
THE CASE WAS INITIALLY OPENED IN MAY, 2021 AND HAS REMAINED IN VIOLATION SINCE THAT TIME.
AN NEGLECTED, VACANT, AND DILAPIDATED STRUCTURE IS ALIGHT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS A PUBLIC AND ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE, AND IT'S LOCATED IN A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.
THIS STRUCTURE IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND REQUIRES DEMOLITION IN YOUR READERS ARE GOOGLE BY FOLDERS.
YOU WILL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINING CASE HISTORY, A COPY OF BLUE PRIVACY CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP, A STRUCTURAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY, THE REQUIRED NOTICES OF VIOLATION, HEARING AND POSTINGS, AND EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS TWO A, THE TWO P AND LASTLY, CODES RECOMMENDED ORDER.
AUSTIN CODE INVESTIGATOR WILL ADAMS IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THEM THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS INVESTIGATOR ADAMS. PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, MY NAME IS WILLIS ADAMS. I AM THE COLD OFFICER ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE.
UH, THE CASE WAS CALLED INTO THE THREE ONE CALL CENTER, UH, IN MAY OF 2021, UH, MAY 28TH, 2021 TO BE EXACT.
UM, I CONDUCTED MY INSPECTION ON JUNE 1ST, 2021.
I ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION AND OBSERVED TWO STRUCTURES FRONT.
UH, THERE'S THE ACTUAL ACTIVE PEARL BAR AND GRILL.
UH, THE COMPLAINT WAS ANONYMOUS COMPLAINT CALLED IN ABOUT THE REAR STRUCTURE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, UH, VISIBLE MOREAL STREET.
UH, SOMETIMES IT HAD THE ADDRESS THAT DON HAS 6 0 2 KAMAL.
THIS STRUCTURE, I NOTICE HAD A DILAPIDATED FRONT STAIRWAY, UH, RAILINGS AND A A EIGHT RAMP THAT WAS ALSO DAMAGED.
UH, NO TRESPASSING SIGNS WERE POSTED ON THE STRUCTURE.
BOTH MY OBSERVATIONS WERE FROM THE ALLEY AS WELL AS FROM THE SIDEWALK.
UM, THERE WAS FURNACE NESTING IN THE SOFTEN.
THE AREAS OF THE SOFTEN THERE WAS DAMAGED.
UH, THERE WERE MISSING BOARDS, SOME DOORS AND WINDOWS WERE VOIDED.
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I DID NOT OBSERVE AN ELECTRIC METER, THE WATER METER ON SITE AS WELL.UH, SENT NOTICE OF VIOLATION JUNE 3RD, 2021 AND POSTED IT IN JULY OF 2021.
A SUBSEQUENT SUBSEQUENT NOTICE WAS ALSO MAILED FILE ON MAY 11TH, 2022 AND MAY 19TH WAS POSTED ON, UH, WAS POSTED ON MAY 19TH THROUGH 2022 FOR THE SAME STRUCTURAL ISSUES AND VIOLATIONS AT THIS SITE.
UM, I'LL NOW, UH, SHOW THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THE EXHIBITS, UH, STARTING OUT TWO A.
THIS IS ACTUALLY, UM, PHOTOGRAPHED SHOT FROM THE SIDEWALK WALL INDICATING, UH, PER THE BAR PARKING LOT AS THE STRUCTURE TO THE LEFT AS TO THE MAIN STRUCTURE AT THE RESTAURANT BAR.
UH, THIS IS A SIGN IN THE PARKING UPON THE BUILDING THAT, UH, IN QUESTION BUILDING NUMBER TWO, UH, WHICH ON TCAD SHOWS IT SHOWED IT AS A DUPLEX.
ALSO, AT ONE TIME, BACK IN 2007, WE ACTUALLY HAD A SIGN OUT FOR, UH, BUILDING, BEING USED AS A CHURCH, A SOLID ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH.
I, IT'S CALLED, UH, NEXT EXHIBIT, PLEASE.
THIS IS THE PHOTOGRAPH SECTION, PHOTOGRAPH DAY, UNIVERS DAY.
I FIRST ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STAIRS WERE DAMAGED, THE RAILINGS ARE DAMAGED.
THE RAMP, A RAMP, UH, HAS NO RAILING A PART OF IT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS RAILING IT, A RAMP OR I WOULD EVEN, UH, ATTEMPT TO THE FLOOR UP ON IT WAS PRETTY DANGEROUS.
THE FRONT DOOR, UM, SECURE AND THERE'S SIGNIFICANT WOOD ROCK ALL AROUND THE STRUCTURE.
THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CRAWL SPACE, UH, IS OPEN, ACCESSIBLE TO BONES.
UM, I DOUBT THE HOMELESS PERSON TRIED ANOTHER NOWADAYS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, TO THE LENGTH OF THE WINDOW.
AIR CONDITIONING, THE ELECTRIC METER, UH, IS NOT, UH, HAS BEEN PULLED, SO IT HAS NO ELECTRICITY, AT LEAST AT THAT TIME.
MIDLINE, UH, THIS IS FROM THE REAR.
THE STRUCTURE, UH, ONE OF THE WINDOWS IS BOARDED.
THERE'S SOME TRASH DEBRIS HERE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE BOARDING, THE WOOD, THE, THE EXTERIOR BOARDS, ROTTING PAIN CHI, UH, THERE PROBABLY BEEN SOME GRAFFITI THERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE DISCOLORATION OF REAR OF THE PROBLEM.
THIS IS, UH, THIS SECTION, THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE FOOT RODS, THE SOFT DAMAGE CRAWL SPACE.
UH, S SKIRTING HAS BEEN REMOVED.
UH, THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, UH, JUST LAST MONTH, UH, NOVEMBER 14TH.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE STAIRS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
THE SIGNIFICANT WOOD ROCK TO THE MAIN ENTRYWAY FEEDING, UM, ON THE PROPERTY HERE IS SOMEBODY THAT REMOVE THE ONE THE WINDOW WARDS, EVEN FOR LY WAS MADE JUST NEED UP AGAINST THE BUILDING.
NEXT CITY POLICES, THIS IS ALSO THE FRONT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING, UH, SO DOWN AL AND THOSE STAIRS FOR NOT VISIBLE ON MY INITIAL INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE WOOD STEERS.
SO IT DOES HAVE STAIRS THAT WERE EXISTING BEFORE THE WOOD STAIRS WERE BUILT OVER, UH, CONCRETE STAIRS.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE WOOD ROD ACCESSIBLE HOLES THERE.
UM, YOU SEE HOW CLOSE THIS BUILDING HAS TO, UH, CALLED WALL STREET, WHICH IS A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION THERE.
UM, AND EAST SIXTH STREET, THERE'S NO SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
THE CLOSEST SCHOOL, I GUESS WOULD BE HOUSTON TILLERS.
THAT, THAT'S PRETTY BROAD FOR THIS LOCATION.
EXHIBIT, UH, THIS IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, UM, OF THE EAST.
AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, EXHIBITED WOOD ROCK, SO THE DAMAGE, A LITTLE DAMAGE ON THE ROOF, AND ALSO THE TRUNK SPACE.
THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE METER SHOWING THERE'S NO ELECTRIC METER THERE, NO POWERING FACILITY.
IT'S NOT BEING OCCUPIED, BUILDING INSECURE.
IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THAT FIELD.
SHOULD GET IT FROM THE CRAWL SPACE, WHICH IS HARD TO MATCH.
THE, UH, SEE NEXT EXHIBIT PLEASE.
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THIS IS SHOWING THE CRAWL SPACE.UH, IT'S, UH, OPEN, ACCESSIBLE.
THIS AGAIN, REAR SHOWING WOOD ROD SOEN DAMAGE WHERE SOME DEBRIS BACK SLIDE.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP FROM THE DEBRIS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, NOT SURE IF THAT WAS A, A SLEEPING BAG OR SOMEBODY HAD BEEN USING THAT PALLET.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN HOMELESS ACTIVITY IN THE AREA.
THEY HAVE NOT ENTERED THAT BUILDING'S BUY IN TO MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT THEY DO FREQUENT THE ALLEY JUST BEHIND THAT BUILDING.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS SHOWING THAT FROM THE EAST SIDE, SHOWING THE CRAWL SPACE.
YOU CAN SEE RIGHT ABOVE THE, UH, WINDOW UNIT, YOU CAN SEE THE OPEN STOP THERE.
UH, FIRST TIME I WENT TO THAT PROPERTY ON THE JUNE 1ST, THERE WERE PIGEONS NESTING IN THERE.
AND AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING HERE FROM THE, UH, EAST SIDE, SOUTH SIDE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, OR SAYING FROM THE SOUTH.
IT'S BEING AGAINST THE, AND THIS IS THE FINAL SLIDE, I THINK TWO PIECE.
AND THAT'S JUST THE WENT IN FRONT ONCE AGAIN RELATED TO THE BOARD IS MISSING WHERE THE STAIRS ARE MISSING WHAT STAIRS THAT, UH, ENDS MY PRESENTATION.
I'M OPEN ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDING OF FACT OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS A PUBLIC AND ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
STAFF ASK THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT IN CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND UNDER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO P.
STAFF ALSO REQUESTED THE COMMISSION ADOPT PROPOSED FINDING FACT CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING.
ONE REQUIRED THAT THE OWNER COMPLETES THE FOLLOWING WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DAY THE ORDER IS MAILED.
A, OBTAIN A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS.
B DEMOLISHED ALL PORTIONS OF THE REAR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE AND REMOVE THIS DEBRIS LEADING THE LOT GOING AND RIGHT C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN.
CODE VERIFY COMPLIANCE AND TWO ON THE 46 DAY OF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED.
A AUTHORIZED CODE OFFICIAL TO PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION AND TO CONSIDER ALL PORTIONS OF THE REAR COMMERCIALS DUPLEX STRUCTURE, INCLUDING ANY ITEMS IN AND RANDOMLY STRUCTURE AS DEBRIS AND DISPOSE OF AS SUCH.
AND BE THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE UNNOTICED THAT THE CODE OFFICIAL IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS ALL EXPENSES INCURRED AGAINST THE PROPERTY UNLESS IT'S EXEMPTED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION.
BELIEVE FOR THOSE EXPENSES MAY BE FILED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN, REPORTED WITH THE TRAVIS COUNTY DE RECORDS.
ENTER APPROVE RATE 10% PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADMIT, UH, STAFFS EXHIBIT ONE AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO P.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE HERE, MR. CASTILLO.
UM, YOU DO HAVE SOME EXHIBITS THAT YOU FORWARDED AS WELL, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND ADMIT THOSE EXHIBITS.
UM, WE DO CREATE, UH, THE PROPERTY BUILDING NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED AND WE STARTED THE PROCESS ON THAT ON, UM, MAY 25TH, 2022.
WE SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN EXEMPTION, UM, WHICH WE DIDN'T GET A RESPONSE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2022 BAND, WHICH WAS REJECT.
UM, AFTER THAT WE PROCEEDING ALSO WITH, UH, GETTING THE, UH, SITE PLAN AND EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF SHOWING WHAT WE WANT TO GET, UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO, WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH, AND EVERYTHING.
THAT WAS AS OF OCTOBER 27TH, 2020 18, WHICH WE HAD FEES.
AND, UM, AND AS OF NOVEMBER 29TH, UH, WE RESUBMITTED THE, UH, FOR DEPARTMENT DEMO, WHICH LEADS US TO NOW WHEN WE RECEIVED THE LETTER TO COME FROM THE HEARING.
SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING ALL THIS DONE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT SHORT AND SWEET
WE'VE, UH, BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK, I'M SURE.
UH, SO THANKS FOR COMING PREPARED FOR SURE.
UM, OH YES, THOSE ARE THE EXHIBITS.
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GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS ASK ANY QUESTIONS.UH, OR WOULD 10 COMMENTS, RIGHT.
COMMISS MUELLER, I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR EXHIBITS.
IT SAYS YOUR, THE TIMELINE FOR THE COMPLETION IS APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, UM, LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE, UM, PERMITS COMING, UH, THE CONVERSION AND DEPARTMENTS AND CAN BE DONE, I BELIEVE STATES ON HERE APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.
YEAH, SO I THINK THIS IS KIND OF THE SAME ISSUE WE HAD WITH THE LAST ONE THAT TIME.
WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS 90 DAYS, BUT THE REALITY IS IF YOU'RE WORKING ON IT, THE CITY'S NOT GONNA GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, SO I WORKING SO YOU'RE, YOU, YOU'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE PERMITS, YOU'VE GOT A TIMELINE FROM THE COMPANY THAT'S GONNA DO THE GENERATION.
UM, ANYTHING ELSE OR DO WE OH, YES, I, I ACTUALLY LOOKED UP THE INFORMATION, UH, AND THE DATABASE SYSTEM DOWN ITS PROPERTY.
THE RECENT SITE PLAN WAS, WAS REJECTED AGAIN, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE SITE PLAN DIDN'T QUANTIFY THE LIMITS OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE CONSTRUCTION ALSO, THERE WAS, UH, IT MENTIONED UH, PROVIDING PLAN SET SHOWING THE BUILDING TO BE DEMOLISHED AND THE LIMIT WERE FILE.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ABSENT I BELIEVE, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2022.
TYPICALLY MY, MY IN INVESTIGATE A CASE.
YEAH, I INVESTED UP TO THE LAST MINUTE, SEE IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES AND I DID THAT TODAY JUST BEFORE I HEADED UP TO THIS HEARING.
SO I MEAN THAT LANGUAGE TO CHANGE, IF THEY PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION, I, BUT THEY, WHAT WAS REJECTED THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD ALLOW ME SEE THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW AND THEY WOULD GIVEN PERMIT THEIR DEMOLITION FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU SHOW THAT IT WAS REJECTED, UM, AS OF NOVEMBER 29TH.
ALTHOUGH I DO SHOW IN THE OWNER'S EXHIBITS THAT THEY RESUBMITTED SOMETHING.
IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN NOVEMBER 29TH AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS WHAT I LOOKED AT TODAY, SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE UPDATED IT.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THAT EXTRA INFORMATION.
UM, MR. COSTILLA, UM, WERE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER SUBMISSIONS THIS MONTH OR WAS THE LAST TIME THAT ANYTHING WAS SUBMITTED? WAS THAT IN NOVEMBER? UH, JUST AS NOVEMBER.
AND YOU HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM WATERLOO, UH, CONSTRUCTION? NO, WE HAVE, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT, I CAN GET BACK WITH THEM AND FIND OUT.
THAT'S LAST, YEAH, THAT WAS JUST LAST WEEK.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER GIFT AFFAIRS? SURE, YEAH, I CAN JUST QUALIFY THAT IF IT WAS SUBMITTED ON THE 29TH.
IT PROBABLY WAS A FEW DAYS BEFORE CITY INTAKE ACTUALLY GOT IT INTO THEIR SYSTEM.
SO PROBABLY IF YOU CHECKED IT ON THE 29TH, IT WASN'T EVEN REGISTERING THE NEW SUBMITTAL WOULD BE MY GUESS I'D SAY.
I STILL THINK, I MEAN THAT WAS CITY INTAKE PERSONALLY.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY.
UM, THE DOCUMENTS ARE HELPFUL, THE, UH, TESTIMONY OF, UH, INSPECTOR ADAMS HELPFUL.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE, OH, THANK YOU.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC PART OF THE HEARING, SO THANK YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS FOR A FEW MINUTES AND WE SHOULD HAVE A DECISION FOR YOU.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC PART OF THE HEARING? THANK YOU.
IS ANYBODY OPPOSED TO US, US CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW? NO.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, I MOVE TO ADOPT STAFF'S POST FINDINGS, FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS AND MODIFY STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER BY EXTENDING THE TIMEFRAME FROM 45 DAYS TO 90 DAYS.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MUELLER.
AND SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND UNLESS THERE ARE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, VOTE ON THAT MOTION.
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FRYBERG? YES.I'M A TAPER AND COMMISSIONER MUELLER.
COMMISSIONER THOMPSON, WHAT YOU YES.
AND I'M ALSO IN FAVOR, COMMISSIONER GREEN AND COMMISSIONER STILL SAID AYE.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED AND APPROVED AND, UM, ADOPTED.
I GUESS THAT'S THE PROPER WORD.
AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION ON THE TIME TO 90 DAYS.
DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YES.
[5. Case Number: CL 2022-167155]
ON THE AGENDA FOR PERMISSIONS CONSIDERATION.THIS CASE NUMBER C 20 22 1 5 7 1 55 PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 27 16 OAK SPRINGS DRIVE AND THE EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE GREEN BOOKS IN YOUR READERS DRIVE FOLDER.
HERE ARE A FEW FACTS ABOUT THE CASE.
THIS CASE IS ABOUT AN ABANDONED OVERGROWN PROPERTY WITH A DILAPIDATED RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
THE CASE WAS INITIALLY OPENED IN JULY, 2019 AS A RESULT OF A COMPLAINT AND HAS BEEN IN VIOLATION SINCE THAT TIME.
STRUCTURE IS UNSAFE FOR ITS USE IN OCCUPANCY.
NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED TO DATE.
THE DILAPIDATED AND NEGLECT STRUCTURE CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE.
IT'S CONSIDERED DANGEROUS AND REQUIRED TO DEMOLITION.
AND YOUR READERS ARE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDERS.
YOU WILL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS COMPLAINT KITS HISTORY, A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP, A STRUCTURAL MAP OF THE PROPERTY, THE REQUIRED NOTICE OF VIOLATION, NOTICE APPEARING AND POSTINGS.
AND EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF CODES, PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A TWO OH.
AND LASTLY, CODES RECOMMEND ORDER.
AUSTIN CODE INVESTIGATOR ERIC THOMPSON IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS DATED INVESTIGATOR THOMPSON.
I'LL BE PRESENTING THE CASE FOR 27 16 OF SPRING STRIKE.
AUSTIN CODE RECEIVED THIS CASE ON JULY 23RD, 2019.
IT WAS REPORTED AS HAVING GRASS WEEDS OVER 48 INCHES TALL AND TO BE OPEN, ACCESSIBLE IN A GLAZING INSTRUCTION.
DURING THE FIRST FEW INSPECTIONS OF THIS PROPERTY, INSPECTORS WERE UNABLE TO VERIFY STRUCTURE WAS OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WEEDS AND VEGETATION THAT WAS OVERGROWING THE ENTIRE STRUCTURES.
IT WAS ALSO DOCUMENTED THAT THE GRASS WEEDS WERE OBSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK IN FRONT.
THE INSPECTOR ORDERED THIS PROPERTY TO BE INVADED BY THE CITY'S CONTRACTOR TWO TIMES.
SINCE THIS CASE HAS BEEN OPENED, NO ONE HAS MADE THE LIEN FOR THESE SERVICES.
DURING AN INSPECTION REPORT IN DECEMBER OF 2019, HE WAS OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DOOR, A SIDE DOOR AND A WINDOW WERE ALL MISSING OR DAMAGED.
THE CITY'S CONTRACTORS CALLED AND THE TWO DOORS AND THE WINDOWS WERE BOARDED.
I PLACED THE YELLOW PLACARD ON THE FRONT DOOR AREA OF THE STRUCTURE.
I RETURNED THE NEXT DAY AND POSTED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION NEXT TO THE BLACK.
DURING THE BOARD OF SECURE PROCESS, MANY VIOLATIONS WERE OBSERVED, WHICH WE WILL SEE IN THE PHOTOS DURING THE PRESENTATION.
THIS PROPERTY IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM SCHOOL.
AFTER REPEATING POSTINGS AND MAIL SENT CERTIFIED TO THE LAST KNOWN OWNER, HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE REACH OUT REGARDING THIS PROPERTY.
UTILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN AT SINCE JULY OF 2017.
PROPERTY TAXES ARE IN ARREAR SINCE 2016 AND NO KNOWN ERRORS WERE REVEALED IN THE TITLE OF SEARCH FOR THESE REASONS, AND DUE TO THE PROPERTY BEING UNMAINTAINED AND UNSAFE, I'M ASKING COURT FOR TO GRANT AN ORDER FOR DEMOLITION FOR DESTRUCTION.
I WILL NOW TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PHOTO.
PHOTO TWO A IS A PHOTO TAKEN FROM ACROSS THE STREET OF THE STRUCTURE, THE STRUCTURE'S UNDERNEATH THOSE TREES AND THAT VEGETATION HOOKS PHOTO.
THIS IS A CLOSEUP, UH, INDICATING THE ADDRESS OF 27 16 IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE PHOTOS.
THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN RIGHT BEFORE THE STRUCTURE WAS SECURED, UM, AS THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE'S ONLY THE, UH, TWO BY FOURS IN PLACE AND SOME FRAMING.
THERE'S NO, UM, DRYWALL OR TYPE OF FALLS OR FLOORING OR MORNING CEILING.
UM, MATERIALS LEFT AND STRUCTURED.
NEXT PHOTO, THIS IS A PHOTO FROM THE FRONT STAIRCASE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE STAIR RAIL LANE IS BROKEN ON EACH SIDE.