* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] GOOD EVENING [CALL TO ORDER ] EVERYONE. UH, I CALL THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2026. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE TIME IS 6 35. MY NAME IS JEFF MUSGROVE. I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION. I'LL BE PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING IN PLACE OF THE CHAIR. COULD NOT ATTEND TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'LL CALL THE ROLE AND ASK FOR THE COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT. PLEASE SIGNIFY THAT YOU'RE HERE. QUICK REMINDER TO ANYONE, ANYONE, ANY COMMISSIONERS REMOTING IN TO PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA AND KEEP IT ON SO AS TO MAINTAIN QUORUM. COMMISSIONER NAY HERE. COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. HERE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER GILKER HERE. GREAT TIMING. COMMISSIONER TOVI HERE AND I AM HERE AND I'LL MAKE A POINT TO WELCOME CAPTAIN RICHARD PROT. THIS EVENING IN PLACE OF KERRY STEWART, OUR FIRE MARSHAL WELCOME BEFORE THE CASES ARE CALLED, THE [PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL ] COMMISSION WILL ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON LOT ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. EACH SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES OR SIX MINUTES FOR ANYONE REQUIRED INTERPRETATION SERVICES. TONIGHT, THE COMMISSION WILL CONDUCT A HEARING FOR SIX ITEMS ON THE POSTED AGENDA. COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER SIX CASES FROM SIX PROPERTIES. CASE WILL BE CONSIDERED AN ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION MAY TAKE A CASE OUT OF ORDER IF IT'S APPROPRIATE. ALL ATTENDEES THIS HEARING ARE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE APPROPRIATE DECORUM AND CIVILITY, SO IT'S NOT TO IMPAIR THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO CONDUCT BUSINESS CODE REVIEW. ANALYST JAMES EVERWINE WILL CALL EACH, UH, EACH CASE ON THE AGENDA, FOLLOWED BY TESTIMONY. AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN YOUR CASE IS CALLED. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY MUST COME FORWARD AND TAKE A SEAT NEAR THE PODIUM, OR IF YOU'RE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, UNMUTE YOUR PHONE. THE CITY WILL PRESENT ITS EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES FIRST AND WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO DO SO. THE OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE CITY'S WITNESSES ABOUT THEIR TESTIMONY. AFTER THE CITY HAS PRESENTED ITS EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES, THE OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL TIME TO PRESENT THEIR OWN WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE. THE CITY WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVES, WITNESSES ABOUT THEIR TESTIMONY. WHEN THE TIMER INDICATES THAT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU MUST FINISH YOUR SENTENCE AND CONCLUDE YOUR PRESENTATION. WILL OUR DESIGNATED TIMEKEEPER THIS EVENING, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. JAMES GONZALEZ. I'LL BE YOUR TIMEKEEPER. THANK YOU. AFTER THE OWNER OR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE CITY OF PRESENTED EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES, THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS OF EITHER SIDE. AFTER THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ASK QUESTIONS, I'LL ALLOW OTHER INTERESTED PERSONS WHO ARE PRE PRESENT TO OFFER RELEVANT TESTIMONY ABOUT THE CASE. BOTH SIDES AND THE COMMISSION MAY ASK QUESTIONS. IF ANY ADDITIONAL WITNESSES, I'LL GIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER, REPRESENTATIVE, OR APPELLANT THREE MINUTES. TO SUMMARIZE AT MY DISCRETION, THE CITY MAY BE PERMITTED TO PRESENT REBUTTAL AFTER THE SUMMATION. AFTER ALL THE EVIDENCE AND TESTIMONY IS CONCLUDED, THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS THE CASE AND VOTE ON A DECISION. THE COMMISSION 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 CASE IS CALLED WITNESSES TESTIFY UNDER OATH. ANY PERSON THAT WANTS TO PRESENT TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMISSION, IN ANY CASE, INCLUDING THOSE REMOTE AGAIN, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. SO YOU MAY BE SWORN IN. DO EACH OF YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM 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. I DO. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, WE'LL PROCEED TO CONSIDER THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT ARE BEFORE THE COMMISSION THIS EVENING. I BELIEVE WE ARE TAKING A COUPLE OF ITEMS OUT OF ORDER, PROVING THE MINUTES. ONE CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. AH, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. [00:05:01] WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ITEM. JULIE ALEXANDER. HI, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND PROCEED. HELLO, MY NAME IS JULIE ALEXANDER. UM, I AM HERE ABOUT A CASE, UM, CASE NUMBER CV 2 0 2 5 0 3 5 8 4 0. IT IS AT TWO 12 DUNLAP STREET. IT WAS A NOTICE SENT OF VIOLATION TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST OF A SEWAGE LEAK THAT THEY HAVE IN BETWEEN OUR PROPERTIES. THIS FOOT NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT MARCH 26TH, 2025. AND WITHIN THIS NOTICE IT DOES STATE THAT THE, UM, SEWAGE LEAK TO THE EAST WOULD BE REPAIRED WITHIN 30 DAYS, WHICH THAT WAS NOT DONE. AND THEN, UH, THIS COMMITTEE DID HEAR THE CASE BACK IN, IN APRIL OF 2025. AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE REPAIR THE SEWAGE WOULD TO BE REPAIRED WITHIN 45 DAYS AND THE SEWAGE HAS YET TO BE REPAIRED. AND SO I'M HERE TO SEEK OUT EITHER FOR THE CASE TO COME BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE REPAIRS BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN SEWAGE LEAK IN BETWEEN OUR PROPERTIES APPROXIMATELY THREE BY EIGHT FEET AND IT IS UNBEARABLE AND HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF. SO WE ARE REALLY SEEKING, YOU KNOW, THE CITY TO STEP IN AND HELP US REMEDY THIS ISSUE WITH THE NEIGHBORS. UM, WE DO FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS A SOLE ENFORCER OF THE HEALTH HAZARD WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE A SOUND OR A NOISE ISSUE, IT'S A HEALTH HAZARD. IT'S AN OPEN SEWAGE HOLE THAT IS CONSISTENTLY BEING REFILLED BECAUSE THE OWNERS ARE STILL USING THE SEWAGE. AND SO I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR PROPERTY WITH THIS SEWAGE AND WE JUST HAD RAIN, IT'S GONNA BE FILLED BACK UP WITH THE SEWAGE. AND SO I'M ASKING FOR US TO MAYBE HAVE THE COMMITTEE RECALL THIS CASE SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT THE OWNERS HAVE DONE. I, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE SEEKING HELP AND ARE TRYING TO GET SOME FUNDS TO HELP THEM DO THE REPAIR, ALTHOUGH I FEEL LIKE THAT CAME FROM OUTSIDE SOURCE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, UM, DID ON THEIR OWN. AND SO THEY'RE VERY COMPLACENT WITH IT. AND SO WE REALLY NEED THE CITY TO STEP IN AND HELP WITH THIS HEALTH HAZARD 'CAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [APPROVAL OF MINUTES ] NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE BUILDING'S STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING FROM AUGUST 26TH. COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE REVIEW THE MINUTES AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. WE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GARZA AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER NA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I'LL SAY AYE. MINUTES ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU. [7. Case Number: CL 2025-148845 (Part 1 of 2)] CAN WE DO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? NEXT, PLEASE PROCEED. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA IS REGARDING A COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 0 1 WEST NORTH LOOP BOULEVARD. THE CASE IS CL 2 0 2 5 14 8 8 4 5. THANK YOU INSPECTOR CUSTODY OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE RE PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. JAMES STAFF ASKED THE JUST TOLD ME THAT WE SHOULD WAIT ON THAT ONE IF POSSIBLE, UM, BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER ISN'T HERE YET. OKAY. OKAY. AND [5. Case Number: CL 2026-114582 ] CAN WE GO TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE? YES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER CL 2 26 DASH 11 45 82 REGARDING A COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY [00:10:01] PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 2 0 1 SNEE CO SNEAD COVE BUILDING NINE, ALSO KNOWN AS TERRACE COVE APARTMENTS. THE STAFF EXHIBIT CAN BE FOUND IN THE NAVY BLUE BOOKS IN YOUR READERS IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER. HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM AND THIS CASE WAS OPENED IN FEBRUARY, 2025. AS THE RESULT OF A PERIODIC INSPECTION. THERE IS A PENDING BUILDING PERMIT BP 2026 DASH 1 22 9 3 6 IN OUR IN REVIEW RELATED TO THE CITED VIOLATIONS. THE THIS PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS. IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER I READERS, YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINT AND CASE HISTORY. A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP MAPS OF THE PROPERTY, ALL REQUIRED NOTICES, PROOFS OF MAILING AND POSTINGS, ENGINEER'S REPORTS. AND EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO OH AND THE RECOMMENDED ORDER CODE INSPECTOR JASON ORTIZ IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS DEPICTED. INSPECTOR ORTIZ, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JASON ORTIZ. I AM THE INSPECTOR FOR THE AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION. THE PROPERTY BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 62 0 1 SNEAD COVE. THE OWNER OF RECORD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS UPLIFT TERRACE COVE, LLC. THIS CASE ORIGINATED FROM A REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM, PERIODIC INSPECTION CONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY OF 2025 ON JUNE 11TH, 26TH. UM, I REINSPECTED BUILDING NINE AND UPDATED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. SEVERAL VIOLATIONS WERE DOCUMENTED, INCLUDING DETERIORATED STRUCTURAL MEMBERS CRACKS IN THE EXTERIOR WALLS, CORRODED STEEL STAIRWAYS. I DOCUMENTED THE CASE AND MAILED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE OWNER DETAILING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VIOLATIONS. ON JUNE 23RD, 2026, I PERFORMED A FOLLOW UP. UH, I PERFORMED FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS AND OBSERVED THAT THE VIOLATION, UH, HAD NOT BEEN CORRECTED AND, UH, I AM ESCALATING THIS CASE FORWARD DUE TO THE OWNER NOT RECTIFYING THE VIOLATION. I WILL NOW, UH, PRESENT THE PHOTOS AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS DEPICTED. PHOTO TWO A IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE BUILDING IN QUESTION BUILDING NINE ON THIS PROPERTY. BUILDING TWO IS JUST A IDENTIFIER OF THE BUILDING NUMBER, UH, BUILDING NINE HERE. UH, TWO C IS A PHOTO OF THE DRYER EXHAUST VENTS, UH, WHICH ARE MISSING FLAPS AND LEAVING HOLES ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDING. 2D IS THE EXTERIOR LIGHT FIXTURE THAT IS DAMAGED AND HAS EXPOSED ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT ARE HANGING OFF THE BUILDING. TWO E IS AN EXPOSED PATIO OF UNIT NINE 12, WHICH ORIGINALLY HAD THE STUCCO FALLING OFF THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE PATIO HERE, UH, TWO F IS AN EXPOSED PATIOS, UH, OF THE ADJACENT UNIT SHOWING ROTTING AND DETERIORATED FRAMING TWO G UH, EXPOSED WALLS, UH, IN THE WALKWAY BETWEEN THE LAST TWO UNITS, TWO H SHOWING DETERIORATED STRUCTURAL POST AND BEAMS UNDER THE SECOND STORY WALKWAYS. UH, TWO I IS JUST A CLOSEUP PHOTO OF THE DETERIORATED POST IN BEAMS. TWO J IS A CORRODED STEEL LEGS AND CRACKED CONCRETE LANDING ON ONE OF THE TWO, UH, STAIRWAYS LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE STRUCTURE. UH, 2K. HERE IS A PHOTO SHOWING THE DETACHED HANDRAILS ON THE SECOND LEVEL WALKWAY TWO L WE'RE LOOKING AT CRACKED STUCCO CEILING ON THE THIRD FLOOR, UH, WALKWAYS. UH, SO TWO M WHERE IT'S A CORRODED STEEL TRIM ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE, UH, BALCONY HERE, WHICH [00:15:01] IS CORRODED AND, UH, SHARP. TWO M IS, UH, MISSING EXTERIOR SHEATHING BEHIND THE TOP OF THE STAIRWAY THERE EXPOSING THE WOOD FRAMING. AND TWO OH IS A THIRD FLOOR WALKWAY, UH, THAT IS SAGGING AND SEPARATING FROM THE BUILDING THERE. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STAFF ASKS THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACTS AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO OH. STAFF ALSO REQUESTED THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE OWNER COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING. ONE, VACATE ALL UNITS IN BUILDING NINE OF THE COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY AND ENSURE ALL UNITS IN BUILDING NINE REMAIN VACANT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS ALL VIOLATION CITED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION ARE REMEDIED. TWO, PROVIDE A WRITTEN ENGINEERING REPORT TO THE COMMISSION'S COORDINATOR PREPARED BY AN ENGINEER LICENSED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF PROFE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS THAT THROUGH AN ONSITE INSPECTION, EVALUATES THE CURRENT AND LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE STAIRWAYS, DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES, THE EXTERIOR WALLS, AND THE STRUCTURAL MEMBERS OF BUILDING NINE THAT ARE REFERENCED IN THE CITED VIOLATIONS ADDRESSED IN THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION. THREE WITHIN SEVEN DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS ORDER IS ISSUED. SECURE THE STRUCTURE WITH SIX FOOT CHAIN LEAK FENCING AND MAINTAIN IT UNTIL THE REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE COMPLETE. FOUR WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THIS ORDER IS MAILED. A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B, CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS CITED TO THE COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH FOUR A AND FOUR B AND FIVE ON THE 46TH DAY. IF 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 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 WITH THAT, THE CITY CONCLUDES ITS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE AN OWNER PRESENT? WOULD YOU PLEA YOU BOTH SWORN IN? YES. UM, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS AND MY NAME IS MARIA MEJIA. AND, UM, MY PERSONAL ADDRESS OR THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE? NO. PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, MY NAME IS MARY MEJIA AND I'M WITH CANDID CONTRACTOR SERVICES. WE ARE THE GC THAT ARE COORDINATING, UM, BUILDING NINE REPAIRS, BUILDING NINE. WE HAVE FULLY VACATED DUE TO SAFETY, UM, STANDARDS WERE AND RELOCATED EVERY RESIDENT IN THAT BUILDING. UM, WHILE WE WORKED THROUGH THE REPAIR CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION RESTORATION AND CLOSEOUT, WE HAVE RETAINED A TS ENGINEERING AND THEY HAVE PREPARED THE REPAIR DOCUMENTS THAT WE TURNED INTO, UM, THE CITY OF AUSTIN. THEY ALSO SIGNED THE SPECIAL INSPECTION STATEMENT. UM, OUR PERMIT NUMBER IS 2026 DASH 1 22 9 36 BP. IT WAS ISSUED, UM, AND ACTIVE AS OF SEPTEMBER THE 22ND. UM, THE APPROVED PERMIT PLAN SET INCLUDES STRUCTURAL APPROVAL DATE, UM, SEPTEMBER 11TH AND BUILDING APPROVAL DATED SEPTEMBER 15TH. OUR NEXT REQUIRED STEP WAS TO SCHEDULE THE BUILDING PRE-CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, AND THEN WE WILL PROCEED UNDER THE APPROVED SCHEDULED, UM, DOCUMENTS AND REQUIRED INSPECTION HOLD POINTS. UM, WE HAVE ALSO COMPLETED SEPARATE ROUTINE CORRECTION DOCUMENTS THAT, UM, WERE PREVIOUSLY TRACKED TO BUILDING NINE, HOWEVER, WE PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD SINCE, UM, WE'RE WAITING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND ALL THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. UM, THE OWNERSHIP IS ALSO TRANSITIONING PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FROM VALIANT TO REPRO TO STRENGTHEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOLLOW THROUGH. AND WE'RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THREE TO FOUR MONTHS COMPLIANCE PERIOD TO FULLY COMPLETE ALL THE PERMITTED REPAIRS, INSPECTIONS, RESTORATIONS, AND THE CITY AND COMMISSION CLOSE OUT. THANK YOU. DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE? A BRIEF SUMMATION WHAT YOU'RE COM WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION OF. UM, WE HAVE PROVIDED A FULL, UM, COMPLIANCE TIMELINE. WE ALSO, UM, [00:20:01] I MEAN WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS PROACTIVELY. WE'RE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO GET ALL OF THIS RESOLVED AND, UM, BACK ON THE MARKET. SO WE JUST NEED ADEQUATE TIME TO FULLY, AS YOU SAW, WE'VE OPENED EVERYTHING UP. IT'S EXTENSIVE WORK, UM, FOR ALL OF IT. AND IT'S GOING THROUGH OUR, UM, SCOTT ROBERTS' WHO'S GONNA BE DOING ALL OF OUR INSPECTIONS AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS. OKAY. UM, UNLESS THERE'S AN OBJECTION, I'LL ADMIT THE CITY'S EXHIBITS ONE AND TWO A THROUGH TWO. OH, ANY OBJECTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF HONOR OR STAFF? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, MS. MEJIA, I BELIEVE IN YOUR COMMENTS, YOU SAID THAT WITHIN 90 DAYS THIS WILL ALL BE CORRECTED. IS THAT YOUR INTENT? WE'RE HOPING THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. UM, I MEAN, IT'S AN EXTENSIVE, AS YOU SAW, WE'VE OPENED EVERYTHING UP. WE HAD OUR ENGINEERS DO FULL CAD FILES. IT'S A LOT OF REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED AND A LOT OF INSPECTIONS IN PLACE. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND HOPING TO BE DONE WITHIN 90 DAYS AT THE MOST. UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ANY RAIN DAYS OR ANYTHING THAT WILL PUT US OUTSIDE OF THAT. SO ANYWHERE WITHIN THREE TO FOUR MONTHS, WE WANT ALL, ALL OF IT BACK ON THE MARKET. WE WANT IT TO BE RENTABLE. SO HAVE YOU RECEIVED THE ENGINEERING REPORT? YES, WE ARE. OKAY. IT'S IN EXHIBIT ONE. THANK YOU. UH, STAFF, DOES THAT REPORT REFLECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR RECOMMENDED ORDER? YES, IT'S ON TARGET. OKAY. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME MAJOR STRUCTURAL ISSUES HERE. UH, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. WHEN DID WE FIRST NOTICE THE STRUCTURAL ISSUES? UM, SO ORIGINALLY ALL OF THAT AREA THAT YOU SAW THAT WAS UNCOVERED WAS COMPLETELY COVERED WITH STUCCO MM-HMM . AND SO IT WAS JUST THAT EXPOSED BOTTOM UNIT THAT HAD THE PATIO WHERE THE STUCCO WAS BEING REMOVED. OKAY. OR HAD, UH, CRACKED AND CAME OFF OF THAT WALL. OKAY. SO WE ORIGINALLY ASKED THEM TO FIX THAT WALL AND WHEN THEY TOOK OFF THE STUCCO IT, THEY SEEN MORE AND MORE ISSUES AND KEPT REMOVING MORE AND MORE STUCCO. AND SO, UH, IT EVOLVED BASICALLY FROM A, A SIMPLE REPAIR TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. OKAY. AND SO I GUESS I WANT, I, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS WARNING, THIS STRUCTURAL WARNING IN, UH, TWO H, JUST WHEN DID THAT GO UP? UM, JUST SO I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINE. I BELIEVE IT WAS ROUGHLY TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO. OKAY. TWO. OKAY. SO THIS IS ALL VERY RECENT. CORRECT. OKAY. THAT, THAT DOES ANSWER A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THEN FOR THE OWNERS. UM, SO YOU VACATED ALL THE UNITS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY UNITS THAT WAS? 20. 20. AND ARE THEY ALL WITHIN YOUR OWN COMPLEX RIGHT NOW? OR HOW DID YOU SOME OF THEM WE RELEASED FROM THE LEASE TO GO ELSEWHERE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE UNITS AVAILABLE. OKAY. DID YOU GUYS HELP WITH MOVING COSTS? DID YOU GUYS PUT, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE ANY HOTEL OVERSTAYS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, HOW'D YOU SMOOTH THAT PROCESS ALONG? ALL ELIGIBLE LEASE CHARGES TO, YOU KNOW, AN EARLY BREAK LEASE OR TRANSFER WERE WAIVED AND WE GAVE THEM ALL THE TIME THEY NEEDED TO MOVE OUT. AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO HOTEL COSTS WERE, UH, REQUESTED, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS HELPED OUT. DID, DID YOU OFFER HOTEL COSTS? THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT STAFF. UM, I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER AT THAT TIME. OKAY, GOTCHA. AND I GUESS, UH, SO ALL THE VA WHAT THE, DID THE VACATION VACATION, DID THE VACATING ALL HAPPEN ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THIS WARNING WENT IN? SO THE, THE TIMELINE AS SUCH AND, AND INSPECTOR ORTIZ KIND OF ALLUDED TO IT. WELL, THE, WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE WORK EARLIER IN THE SUMMER, AND THIS IS WHERE MIRIAM CAME IN, WE STARTED NOTICING STRUCTURAL ISSUES OURSELVES AND WE STARTED PEELING BACK MORE AND MORE AND MORE AND REALIZED THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEMS WERE MORE STRUCTURALLY SEVERE. AND SO ONCE WE REALIZED IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE, WE STARTED MOVING PEOPLE OUT PROACTIVELY. AND I BELIEVE THE CITATION FOR STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY CAME IN ON THE 28TH OF AUGUST TO GIVE IT A SPECIFIC DATE. BUT BY THEN WE ALREADY NOTIFIED EVERYONE TO START MOVING OUT AND [00:25:01] I THINK THE LAST HOLDOUTS WERE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER FOR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE TIME THEY NEEDED TO MOVE OUT, UH, SUCCESSFULLY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. PLEASE GO AHEAD. UM, IS THIS THE RESULT OF, OF BLOOD OR SOME ISSUE THIS BUILDING, BUILDING NINE, THE DAMAGE? SO WHENEVER WE PEELED BACK, WE HAD, UM, I, I SUBMITTED ALL OF THE EVIDENCE, IT'S TERMITE DAMAGE. UM, SO AS WE OPENED IT UP, I LET, UM, 'CAUSE ALL WE HAD WAS A CITATION FROM THE CITY. SO WE PROACTIVELY DID ALL OF THIS WITHOUT BEING, UM, TOLD TO. SO AS WE NOTICED THE DAMAGE, UM, WE INFORMED OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT AT THE TIME, BUT THERE WAS A LACK. SO WE WENT STRAIGHT TO OWNERSHIP FROM IT AND WE STARTED JUST OPENING UP EVERYTHING. THEN I SUGGESTED WE, UM, HIRE OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR INSPECTORS, A TS ENGINEERING HAS THEIR IN-HOUSE INSPECTORS AND EVERYTHING. SO INSPECTORS CAME OUT AND THEY, UM, WROTE US A LETTER OF WHAT WE NEEDED TO OPEN UP. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SO MUCH OF THE BUILDING EXPOSED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING. AND THAT IS WHEN, UM, WE ALERTED THEM AND WE ALL STARTED WORKING TOGETHER, GETTING EVERYONE OUT OF THE BUILDING, GETTING IT ALL SAFELY WHILE WE WORK THROUGH, UH, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING, UM, TAKES A WHILE. UM, VECTOR FILES TAKE A WHILE, CITY PERMITS TAKES A WHILE, AND WE'VE GOTTEN ALL OF THAT. NOW WE HAVE OUR PERMIT ISSUED, WE HAVE OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION TOMORROW. SO WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TOWARDS ALL OF THIS FROM THE MOMENT WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AFTER THE CITATION CAME IN AND WE EXPOSED IT. AND BUILDING NINE IS THE ONLY BUILDING THAT IS IN NEED OF REPAIR. IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD TERMITE? NO, WE HAVE PER, WE HAVE, UM, ACTIVE PERMITS. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DID HAVE EVERY SINGLE, WE JUST PROACTIVELY HAD AND I TURNED IN THE INVOICE. WE HAD, UM, BUILDING NINE DRILLED AND TREATED FOR TERMITES, AND THEN WE HAD THE ENTIRE PROPERTY TREATED. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON BUILDING 12, WHICH WE EXPOSED, UM, ACCORDING WE HAD OUR, UM, ENGINEERS AND OUR INSPECTORS COME OUT AND WE, IT'S NOT ANYWHERE IN THE SAME CONDITION AS BUILDING NINE IS. SO RIGHT NOW WE THINK THAT BUILDING NINE IS AN ISOLATED ISSUE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTION FROM THE COMMISSION? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY, THE, UM, REPORT DONE BY THE CITY SHOWS BUILDING FIVE, WAS THAT NOT REVIEWED AS PART OF THIS, UM, RECOMMENDED ORDER? WE DO NOT INCLUDE NUMBER FIVE BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN, OF COURSE AS SEVERE ISSUES AS BUILDING NINE, BUILDING FIVE. OF COURSE, THESE PROACTIVE OWNERS, PROACTIVE OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, THEY'VE TAKEN STEPS OR EIGHT TO REMEDY BUILDING FIVE. SO WE DIDN'T SEE THE NEED TO OF COURSE, PLACE THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CONTEXT. OKAY, THANK YOU. I SEE IN EVEN ON THE AGENDA OF THIS PROPERTY AS PART OF THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM, IS THAT RIGHT? IS THIS A NEW OWNER? IS THAT A QUESTION FOR OUR SIDE OR THEIR SIDE? EITHER. OKAY. UH, THE, THE BRIEF TIMELINE. UH, SO AS OWNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE I, I TOOK OVER THE, THE ASSET MANAGEMENT OF TERRACE COVE, UH, STARTING IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. UM, THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM AS INSPECTOR ORTIZ, UH, BROUGHT UP TO Y'ALL'S ATTENTION, UM, BEGAN EARLIER THAN THAT. UM, MY JOB IS TO REMEDY THE SITUATION AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. THE CURRENT OWNERSHIP HAS OWNED SINCE DECEMBER OF 2022. UH, BUT SINCE, AND, AND MIRIAM ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, WE HAVE AS OWNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE, WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXPERIENCED, UM, ISSUES WITH COMMUNICATION AND TIMELY COMMUNICATION, ACCURATE COMMUNICATION FROM OUR PRIOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. UM, WE HAVE SINCE TRANSITIONED THEM OUT. IN FACT, THAT TRANSITION WAS HAPPENED, AFFECTED TODAY. IT IS NOW WITH A LOCAL AUSTIN, TEXAS BASED GROUP, UH, THAT WE FEEL CONFIDENT CAN BOTH COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, BOTH TIMELY NEEDS BUT ALSO ACCURATE ESTIMATES OF WHAT IS NEEDED FOR TERRACE COVE. SO, YOU KNOW, MY JOB AS OWNERSHIP REPRESENTATIVE IS TO BE DOWN HERE TWICE A WEEK, WHICH I'VE BEEN, UM, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL ESTIMATES COSTS WORK IS COMPLETED. UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE 2025 INSPECTION AS PREVIOUSLY WAS OUTLINED, OWNERSHIP WAS TOLD THOSE ITEMS WERE HANDLED BACK IN 2025 AND THEY WEREN'T. AND WE DIDN'T FIND OUT ABOUT THAT UNTIL 2026, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TOLD TO THE CONTRARY. AND SO WHEN THAT SECOND INSPECTION CAME BACK IN 2026, IT WASN'T THAT LONG AFTER I STARTED GETTING PERSONALLY INVOLVED. SO THAT, THAT'S THE TIMELINE OF EVENTS. UM, SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN VERY HANDS-ON. MIRIAM HAS BEEN VERY [00:30:01] HANDS-ON WITH RECTIFYING EVERYTHING WITH TERRACE COVE AND WE AIM TO EXIT THE REPEAT OFFENDER PROGRAM, UH, AS FAST AS STATUTES ALLOW. THANK YOU. UM, YOU'VE ASKED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REASONABLE. THAT'S, THAT'S REASONABLE AND IT FITS WITHIN OUR GUIDELINES IS FINANCING IN PLACE. AND HAVE YOU PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR FINANCING FOR THIS REPAIR? THE, THE FINANCING SITUATION, UM, TO EDUCATE THE MEMBERS OF, OF THE QUORUM HERE? UH, WE HAVE A JV INVESTOR WITH A SIGNIFICANT NET WORTH TO THEMSELVES. UM, I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO DISCLOSE THAT, BUT THE WAY WE OPERATE IS WE ISSUE A CAPITAL CALL OR YOU KNOW, A CONSTRUCTION DRAW AND WITHIN 10 BUSINESS DAYS THEY FUND IT. SO I DO NOT PERSONALLY, MIRIAM'S NOT PERSONALLY HAVE THOSE FUNDS ON HAND, BUT WE ISSUE THAT CAPITAL CALL AND THEY ARE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO FUND IT. AND THAT'S HOW THE NORMAL BUSINESS PROCESS WORKS. AND HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU PROVIDED A SCHEDULE FOR HOW YOU INTEND TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS TO STAFF? AND IS STAFF SATISFIED WITH THAT SCHEDULE? WE'RE VERY SATISFIED. IT'S A VERY PROACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE, UH, STEPS THAT THEY PUT IN PLACE AND IF THEY CAN PROCURE THOSE TIMELINES, THEY SHOULD, THEY SHOULD MEET EVERYTHING. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. UH, MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES? AYE. UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAY THERE IN CASE WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE COMMISSION, THE EVIDENCE IS CLOSED. THE COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER A DECISION. DO WE HAVE A, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO ADOPT THE STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSION OF LAW AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO THE ORDER. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WITHIN 120 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE ORDER IS MAILED A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B, CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS CITED TO THE COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF THE BUILDINGS AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN C. REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM THE AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO COMPLY WITH FOUR A AND FOUR B. AND NUMBER ITEM FIVE ON THE HUNDRED AND 21ST DAY, IF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED, ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER WEEK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE CODE OFFICIALS DETERMINE THAT THE REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE COMPLETE INTEREST SHALL ACCRUE AT A RATE OF 10% PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ASSESSMENT UNTIL PAID IN FULL. VERY GOOD. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH, BEFORE WE TAKE THAT LAST STEP, I WANT TO CONFIRM WITH COUNSEL THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO EXTEND TO 120 DAYS. SONYA, I SEE YOU ONLINE? YES. GOOD. UH, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. GOOD, GOOD EVENING. VICE CHAIR? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE MAXIMUM WOULD BE 180, SO 120 FITS WITHIN THAT TIME, UH, THAT ALLOWABLE FRAME. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK IT'S TIME FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER NARE AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA? AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER. AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES? AYE. SO IT'S UNANIMOUS. UM, THE ORDER WILL BE MAILED TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. JAMES. I THINK YOU SAID YOU [7. Case Number: CL 2025-148845 (Part 2 of 2)] WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA. WE ARE READY FOR NUMBER SEVEN. ALRIGHT, AS SOON AS I FIND MY SCRIPT. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE AGENDA IS REGARDING A COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 0 1 WEST NORTH LOOP. THE CASE NUMBER IS CL 2 0 2 5 DASH 4 8 8 4 5 DUE TO AN ERROR IN THE ORDER ISSUED AT THE MAY REGULAR MEETING AND THE SAME ERROR BEING CARRIED OVER TO THE MAY MEETING MINUTES. WE ARE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO CORRECT THE MAY MEETING MINUTES TO PROPERLY [00:35:01] REFLECT THE INTENTION OF THE COMMISSION AND WHAT WAS VOTED UPON. AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A CLIP OF THE MAY VIDEO FOLLOWED BY THE FIRST PAGE OF THE RECORDED ORDER AND THEN, UH, THE AMENDED ORDER. WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO VOTE TO CORRECT THE MAY MEETING MINUTES THEREAFTER, WE'LL ASK THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE THE AMENDED ORDER. AS THE AMENDED ORDER STATES ALL THE OTHER TERMS OF THE ORDER WILL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE. IN EFFECT, WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF REVISED VERSION OF THOSE MINUTES. UH, COPIES ARE IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER AND THE READERS FOR YOUR REVIEW. THANK YOU INSPECTOR 'CAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE REPUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO J. STAFF ALSO REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE OWNER COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING, ONE WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED. A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B, CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS CITED TO THE COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS C REQUEST INSPECTION FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH ONE A AND ONE B AND TWO ON THE 46TH DAY. IF 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 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 WITH THAT, THE CITY CONCLUDES ITS PRESENTATION. ANY OTHER ? IS THAT THE END OF THE VIDEO? OKAY. UM, SO OUR, OUR MINUTES, UM, THEY SAY THAT THE VIOLATION OR THEY THE FINE WAS PER DAY INSTEAD OF PER WEEK ON OUR, OUR MINUTES. AND WE'RE TRYING TO CORRECT THAT TO SAY PER WEEK. VERY GOOD. AND WE HAVE A PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVE HERE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE MOVE TO THE PODIUM. AND I UNDERSTAND YOU WERE NOT SWORN IN EARLIER. YOU WERE NOT HERE. NO, SIR. I I WAS NOT SORRY FOR THE DELAY THERE. UH, PLEASE STAND AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND SO THAT YOU MAY BE SWORN IN. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM 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. I DO. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. ALL I APPRECIATE, UM, THE BOARD ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES TODAY. UM, WE OFFICIALLY ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY ON, UM, 11TH OF SEPTEMBER, UM, THIS YEAR ABOUT 12 DAYS AGO. UM, SINCE THEN IN THE LAST 12 DAYS, WE'VE ALREADY ORDERED, UH, WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED ABOUT MADE PROGRESS ON ABOUT EIGHT OUT OF THE 10 VIOLATIONS LISTED ON HERE. UM, WE'VE ORDERED ALL THE DOORS AND WINDOWS, UM, WE'VE APPLIED FOR THE SIDING PERMIT AND HAVE BEEN GRANTED ONE AS OF TWO DAYS AGO. UM, WE HAVE SIGNED ALL THE SUBCONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS, UM, ACROSS SIDING, FRAMING ROOF, HVAC, UM, AND, UM, ALL OF THIS WORK, UH, I'M, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT I NEED TO TELL YOU THAT THE COMMISSION IS NOT POSTED TO CONSIDER THE MERITS OF THIS CASE. WE'RE ONLY HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE ORDER THAT WAS, THAT WAS PLACED. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME BACK ANOTHER TIME AND TALK ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE CASE, THAT WOULD YOU NEED TO TALK TO STAFF AND ARRANGE A TIME ON A FUTURE AGENDA? I, I UNDERSTAND. UM, I HAD MADE A REQUEST TO MR. UH, CONTRERAS, UM, PRIOR TO, UM, ARRIVING AND I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, I WOULD BE HEARD FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND, AND THAT I COULD MAKE A REQUEST TO POTENTIALLY HAVE A 90 DAY EXTENSION, UH, BEFORE THE PENALTIES, UH, ARE BEING ASSESSED SINCE WE'VE ONLY OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR 12 DAYS AND MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS. I'M, I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE NOT POSTED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TODAY. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT AMENDING OUR MINUTES. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE STAFF? HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE [00:40:01] OWNER? I, I THINK I'M, I'M OKAY. I CAN FOLLOW UP VIA EMAIL AND FIND OUT THE NEXT STEPS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, WE HAVE NO EXHIBITS TO ENTER. SORRY, WHAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXHIBITS TO ENTER. NO, NO. I HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE. UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS, DID HE KNOW HE WAS ONLY, WE WERE ONLY DOING THE MINUTES? YES. I'M, I BELIEVE JAMES EXPLAINED IT. OKAY. HE, HE DID. HE KNEW WE, WE EXPLAINED IT TO HIM. HE JUST MAY NOT HAVE UNDERSTOOD. AND DO ONE MORE QUESTION FOR STAFF. UH, JUST FOR THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER'S BENEFIT. UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE MINUTES TODAY, BUT IF HE REMEDIES THE VIOLATIONS, HE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND ASK FOR PENALTY RELIEF, RIGHT? YES, SIR. I, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A SPECIFIC LANGUAGE FROM US, THE MINUTES, I THINK, UH, THE, THE AMENDED MINUTES ARE IN THE, UM, IN THE IPADS. PUT 'EM ON THE SCREEN TOO. SO WE'D ASK YOU TO, UH, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AMENDED MINUTES. I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE AMENDED ORDER OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS IN RELATION TO CASE NUMBER CL 20 25 14 88 45. AND I'M, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO, TO INTERRUPT. UM, IT WOULD, SO WHAT WE, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW, I COULDN'T FIND HOW TO RAISE MY HAND, UM, ON THIS VIRTUALLY. THAT'S OKAY. UM, BUT JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, COMMISSIONERS, SO WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING TODAY, THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY. AND SO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS YOU ALL NEED TO CORRECT THOSE MEETING MINUTES SO THAT THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT THE, WHAT THE BOARD VOTED, OR I'M SORRY, WHAT THE COMMISSION VOTED ON AS FAR AS THE PENALTY THAT WAS ASSESSED AT THE TIME. AND SO THE MOTION, I BELIEVE IF I HEARD MR. UH, JAMES EVERWINE SPEAK CORRECTLY, IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THERE ARE AMENDED MEETING MINUTES THAT REFLECT THE PENALTY TO BE $1,000 PER WEEK, WHICH IS THE CORRECT, UH, WHICH IS CORRECT AS OPPOSED TO THE $1,000 PER DAY. AND SO, UM, IF YOU'LL VERIFY THAT THOSE AMENDED MINUTES ARE IN YOUR, UH, FOLDERS, WHAT YOU'LL BE MAKING A MOTION ON IS A MOTION TO ADOPT THE, UH, THE MINUTES AS AMENDED, UM, SO THAT THEY ACCURATELY REFLECT A PENALTY OF $1,000 PER WEEK. AND SO, COMMISSIONER, UM, TOM LANO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE WITHDRAW YOUR, YOUR MOTION CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE SO THAT THIS WAY WE HAVE THE, THE CORRECT MOTION MADE. UM, ONCE YOU, ONCE YOU AMEND THE MEETING MINUTES, THEN WE WILL, UH, BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE, THE ORDER. SO THEN I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION, WHICH I THINK I CAN JUST DO BY MYSELF. DON'T NEED APPROVAL FOR THAT. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO MOVE ONCE MORE TO ADOPT THE AMENDED MINUTES IN RELATED, IN RELATION TO THE, THE MAY 27TH. THANK YOU. THE MAY 27TH, UH, BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION MEETING, UH, SO THAT IT REFLECTS THAT FOR THE CASE NUMBER 2 25 14 8 8 4 5, THAT THE COMMISSION'S ORDER IS A CIVIL PENALTY OF 1000 PER WEEK, STARTING THE 91ST DAY OF THE ORDER. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. NOW WE JUST TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE SOUNDS REASONABLE. UH, COMMISSIONER NAY AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA? AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER? AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH [00:45:01] AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES? AYE IT'S UNANIMOUS. DOES THAT TAKE CARE OF THAT ITEM? YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, JAMES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA? YEAH, WE CAN GO IN ORDER NOW. UM, BACK TO NUMBER TWO. [2. Case Number: CL 2026-083918 ] ITEM NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER CL 2 0 2 6 DASH 8 3 9 18 AND IS REGARDING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2 9 3 2 JUBILEE TRAIL. THE EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE PINK BOOKS IN YOUR READERS AND GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER. HERE'S SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CASE. THIS CASE IS REGARDING A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT IS UNOCCUPIED AND IS HOMESTEADED. THE CASE WAS OPENED IN, UH, APRIL, 2025 AS THE RESULT OF A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE RODENT INFESTATION. THESE STRUCTURES ARE AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD AND UNSAFE AND REQUIRE REPAIR. IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER OR READER, YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT THREE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINT AND CASE HISTORY. A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP MAPS OF THE PROPERTY, ALL REQUIRED NOTICES, PROOFS OF MAILING AND POSTING. AND EXHIBIT FOUR, WHICH CONSISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR M AND THE RECOMMENDED ORDER CODE INSPECTOR OR CODE, UH, INVESTIGATOR JOHNNY SERNA IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE PHOTOS AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS DEPICTED. INVESTIGATOR SERNA, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS, UH, JOHNNY SERNA. I'M A CO INVESTIGATOR FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN. IN THE CASE THAT WE WILL BE RE REVISITING IN THIS, UH, EVENING WAS A CASE FOR 29 32 JUBILEE TRAIL, UH, ON APRIL 14TH, 2025. UH, WE ORIGINALLY RECEIVED A CASE FOR TALL GRASS AND WEEDS. UM, UPON THE INITIAL INSPECTION, WE FOUND THAT THE COMPLAINANT WAS VALID, UH, SINCE APRIL 14TH, 2025, UH, THROUGH THIS MONTH. UH, UM, WE FOUND THAT AFTER MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS, WE ALSO FOUND MULTIPLE, UH, STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCIES WITH THE, UM, EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY. THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING AS EVIDENCE ARE REPRESENTATION OF THE DEFICIENCIES FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY IN THIS BUILDING EXHIBIT, UH, FOUR A AND FOUR B ARE GONNA BE CONTEXTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF NEGLECTED UNREPAIRED SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE. IT'S LOCATED AT 29 32 JUBILEE TRAIL. UH, THIS PROPERTY IS AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND A BLIGHT TO THE COMMUNITY. HERE WE CAN SEE TALL GRASS AND WEEDS DISCARDED BRUSH ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE ALONG WITH MISSING PREMISE IDENTIFICATION. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR C IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF TALL GRASS AND WEEDS OVER 12 INCHES. IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SIDING HAS ROTTED OFF THE EXTERIOR, UH, WALL AROUND THE BAY WINDOW, ALLOWING FOR THE POSSIBLE INTRUSION OF RAIN, RODENTS, AND OTHER ELEMENTS INTO THE STRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR D IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE, UH, DOOR SHOWING DAMAGED TRIM, A DAMAGED WINDOW SCREEN, OPEN WINDOW, ALLOWING AGAIN FOR THE POSSIBLE INTRUSION OF VERMIN AND ELEMENTS INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR E IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FRONT, UH, PORCH, PORCH, FASCIA BOARDS ROTTED OUT, EXPOSING THE INTERIOR ROOFING SYSTEM TO THE ELEMENTS ALONG WITH THE GUTTER SYSTEM AND DISREPAIR. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR F IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FRONT ENTRY DOOR AND PORCH AREA SHOWING AN ACCUMULATED ACCUMULATION OF ITEMS, FURNITURE BOXES, DEBRIS STORED ON THE FRONT PORCH AND IN FRONT OF THE DOOR OBSTRUCTING THE PATH OF EGRESS, UH, THE PORCH POST RAILINGS AND OVERALL CONDITION OF THE ENTRANCE IS IN DISREPAIR IN INCLUDING THE STRUCTURAL POSTS HOLDING UP THE ATTACHED, UH, PORCH AREA. NEXT SLIDE, EXHIBIT 4G. ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OF MORE SIDING IN DISREPAIR WITH HOLES. THE SIDING IS NEAR THE FRONT ENTRANCE, UH, DOOR. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR A IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FENCE IN DISREPAIR. THIS PROPERTY HAS A POOL AT THE REAR, UH, OF THE PROPERTY. THE FENCE IS SUPPOSED TO ACT AS A SAFETY BARRIER, UH, KEEPING ANYBODY THAT'S NOT AUTHORIZED TO ENTER [00:50:01] THE PROPERTY, UM, AWAY FROM THAT EXISTING POOL. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR I IS ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OF MORE SIDING. UH, HERE YOU CAN SEE IT PEELING AWAY FROM THE, UH, STRUCTURAL FRAMING OF THE SINGLE FAMILY, UH, HOME. IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SATELLITE ANTENNA IS NO LONGER, UH, SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE ROOF, UH, RIGHT ABOVE WHERE THE SIDING IS BEGINNING TO PULL AWAY. IT'S A GOOD INDICATOR THAT THE ROOFING SYSTEM, UM, HAS ALSO BEEN COMPROMISED, ALLOWING FOR RAIN, UH, INTRUSION INTO THE INNER WALLS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT FOUR J IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY SHOWING THE ROOF IN DISREPAIR. THE PEAK OF THE ROOF IS MISSING SHINGLES, ALONG AGAIN WITH A RAIN GUTTER SYSTEM IN DISREPAIR. NEXT SLIDE. EXHIBIT 4K IS A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM LEGAL VANTAGE POINT, UH, FROM A NEIGHBOR'S, UH, HOME OF AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, UH, SHOWING THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN COMPLETE DIS DISREPAIR. THIS EXHIBIT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ROOFS CAVED IN AND THE WALLS HAVE BEGAN TO BOW OUTWARD. NEXT SLIDE. NOW IN EXHIBITS, UH, FOUR L AND FOUR M THERE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS AGAIN OF THE UNSECURED UNREPAIRED POOL AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. FOUR L IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE CONDITION OF THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE, UH, FOUR M SHOWS A PUMP POOL AND DISREPAIR ALONG WITH THE UNMAINTAINED BRUSH AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. AND WITH THIS I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION OF 29 32 JUBILEE TRAIL AND STRONGLY URGE THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER. THANK YOU. BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT THREE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS FOUR A THROUGH FOUR. M. STAFF ALSO REQUESTED THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE OWNER COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING, ONE WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B, CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS CITED TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH ONE A AND ONE B AND TWO ON THE 46TH DAY. IF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED, ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY OF $250 PER WEEK THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCRUE UNTIL THE CODE OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THE REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE COMPLETE INTEREST SHALL ACCRUE A RATE OF 10% PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT UNTIL PAID IN FULL AND WITHOUT THE CITY CONCLUDES ITS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER PRESENT? NO. ON THE PHONE? HMM. OKAY. I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I HAVE A QUESTION UNLESS WE HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. SO I SEE THIS IS A RETURNING CASE. CAN I GET CLARIFICATION WHAT OUR PREVIOUS ACTION WAS? IT CAME LAST MONTH AND UM, IT WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE, UM, THE, UH, WE THOUGHT THE OWNER WAS ON A BUS, UH, THAT WE BROKE DOWN. OKAY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE NEED TO ADMIT THE EXHIBITS TOO. SO NO OWNER, NO OWNER REPRESENTATIVE. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITHOUT THEM. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE ONE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. IS IT OCCUPIED? NO. OKAY. VERY LAST ONE. ANY CONVERSATION WITH THE OWNER IN THE LAST MONTH IN, UM, NOTHING. WE'VE HAD SOME CONTACT WITH THE OWNER. UM, I THINK THAT IN THE BEGINNING, UM, I MEAN WE TRIED TO, WE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AS, AS WE REQUIRED TO DO TO TRY TO GET AHOLD OF THE OWNER. WE REALLY WANT THEM TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, COME IN BEFORE YOU GUYS. UM, WE SENT OUT, THAT WAS BACK IN APRIL OF, UH, 2025. UM, THEY THEN WE SENT OUT THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS POSTED ON THE 16TH OF APRIL. UH, THE OWNER REACHED OUT TO, UM, THE ASSIGNED CODE INSPECTOR ASKING US TO HAVE THE INOPERABLE VEHICLES, [00:55:01] UM, REMOVED. UM, WE TRIED TO HAVE HIM DO IT ON HIS OWN. UM, BUT HE INSISTED IN DECEMBER WE, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO A PD. THEY, THEY ASSISTED US IN GETTING THESE VEHICLES REMOVED. UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOMEOWNER SPOKE WITH, UM, THE ASSIGNED AREA INSPECTOR, UH, ASKING FOR, UM, SOME HELP IN PREPARING THE PROPERTY. THIS WAS BACK IN, IN, UM, JULY 1ST AND WE PUT HIM IN TOUCH WITH, UH, UH, DSD SOCIAL WORKER WHO REACHED OUT. UH, SINCE THEN WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD MUCH COMMUNICATION. SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENTIATIONS. COMMISSIONER BROWN, YOU HAD A QUESTION? UH, COMMISSIONER TOVI HAS MY QUESTION. AH, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, WITHOUT, UNLESS THERE'S A, UH, OBJECTIONS I'D LIKE TO ADMIT EXHIBITS THREE AND FOUR A THROUGH FOUR M NOW DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO CLOSE? I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. IT'S UNANIMOUS. AND I THINK IT'S TIME NOW FOR ANY OTHER DELIBERATION OR DISCUSSION. WE NEED A MOTION OR A MOTION. GO AHEAD. I, I MOVE TO ADOPT STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER, UH, IN ITS ENTIRETY. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BROWN, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. COULD I HAVE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT COULD BE CHANGES TO 30 DAYS INSTEAD OF 45? THEY'VE ALREADY GAINED 30 DAYS BY NOT SHOWING UP. OKAY. AND I JUST DID WANNA ADD I I SEE THAT IT IS HOMESTEADED SO THEY ARE GETTING EXEMPTIONS EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNOCCUPIED. I ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT. DO WE EVER GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. VERY GOOD. DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT OR THE VOICE? YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SONYA. UH, COMMISSIONER NA NAY. WELL THIS IS FOR THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THE AMENDED. A SO IT'S, IT'S YOU'RE VOTING FOR YOUR AMENDMENT? CORRECT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BROWN. AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA NAY. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ NAY. COMMISSIONER GILKER NAY. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES AYE. BUT THE MOTION FAILS. SORRY. SO NOW WE WILL GO BACK AND VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION. THAT'S RIGHT. COMMISSIONER NARE. AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA? AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER. AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES? AYE. SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS AND I ASSUME WE WILL SEND OUT AN ORDER TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MOVE FOR A BRIEF RECESS. OKAY. YES, ACCEPTED. LET'S TAKE, LET'S TAKE 10. RECESS IS OVER AND THE TIME IS SEVEN 40. WE'RE BACK IN SESSION. JAMES, [3. Case Number: CL 2026-093900] DO YOU WANNA PROCEED WITH OUR NEXT CASE? ITEM NUMBER THREE ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER SEAL 2 0 2 6 9 3 9 0 REGARDING A COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 2 9 PARK PLAZA, ALSO KNOWN AS PARK PLAZA APARTMENTS. THE STAFF EXHIBIT CAN BE FOUND IN THE GREEN BOOKS IN YOUR READERS AND GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER. HERE'S SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THIS CASE WAS OPENED IN JUNE, 2026 AS THE, AS THE RESULT OF A COMPLAINT. THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS RELATED TO THE SIDED VIOLATIONS. THIS PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE IN IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER [01:00:01] OR READERS, YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINT AND CASE HISTORY. A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP MAPS OF THE PROPERTY, ALL REQUIRED NOTICES, PROOFS OF MAILING AND POSTINGS. AND EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO OH AND THE RECOMMENDED ORDER CODE INSPECTOR JASON HENLEY IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS DEPICTED. INSPECTOR HENLEY, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS INSPECTOR HENLEY. I'M A INSPECTOR FOR AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICE CODE COMPLIANCE. THE PROPERTY BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY COMPLEX PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 2 9 PARK PLAZA. THE OWNER ON RECORD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GRAMERCY PACIFIC LLC AND TREK APARTMENT LLC ON JUNE THE THIRD, 2026. I RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FOR THIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8 2 9 PARK PLAZA VIA 3 1 1 ON JUNE THE THIRD, 2026. I CONDUCTED AN INITIAL INSPECTION AND OBSERVED SEVERAL OF THE INTERIOR STAIRWELLS AND LANDINGS TO HAVE SEVERAL DAMAGE AND DEFICIENCIES TO 'EM. THE FOLLOWING UNITS, 2 0 1 2 11 2 26 STAIRWAYS WERE OBSERVED WITH VIOLATIONS AND DEFICIENCIES. THE FOLLOWING DEFICIENCIES WERE RESERVED ON ALL THREE OF THESE STAIRWAYS, DETERIORATE TREADS, PLATES, RUSTED STRINGERS, DETERIORATED POSTS, FOOTINGS, NON-SECURED HANDRAILS DAMAGE TO DETERIORATED LANDINGS AND IMPROPER FASTENERS USED ON THE JOINT HANGERS. UNIT 2, 2 6 STAIRWAYS WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE BOEING POSTS FOR THE LANDINGS. UNIT TWO 11 STAIRWAYS WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE MISSING FASTENERS ON THE STRINGERS TO THE LEDGER BOARD. ONE SIDE NOT SECURED. UNIT 2 0 1 STAIRWAYS WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE LENDING SEPARATING FROM THE BUILDING. I DOCUMENTED THE CASE AND MAILED THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION TO THE OWNER DETAILING THE VIOLATIONS ON JUNE THE 10TH. 2026. ON JUNE 11TH, I PLACED PLACARD CARDS WARNING THE DANGER CONDITIONS ON ALL THREE STAIRWAYS. I PERFORMED A FOLLOW UP INSPECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER THE THIRD, FIRST AUGUST 18TH, EXCUSE ME, 2026, THEN SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 AND OBSERVED THE VIOLATIONS HAVE NOT CHANGED OR CORRECTED AND THE VIOLATIONS REMAIN THE SAME. I'M ESCALATING THE CASE FORWARDED DUE TO THE OWNER NOT RECTIFYING THE VIOLATIONS. I PRESENT MY PHOTOS AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS DEPICTED. FIRST PHOTO PLEASE. PHOTO TWO A IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE PROPERTY STREET ADDRESS. NEXT PHOTO TWO B IS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF UNIT TWO 11 STAIRWAYS. NEXT PHOTO TWO C IS A STAIRWAY UNIT 2 0 1 NEXT PHOTO. AND IT'S THE STAIRWAY CONTEXTUAL STAIRWAY OF FOUR. UNIT 2, 2 6. NEXT PHOTO PLEASE. SO TWO E IS PHOTO FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE STAIRWAY TREADS RESERV ON SEVERAL TREADS AT ALL THREE STAIRWAYS. YOU CAN SEE THE RUST STARTING TO APPEAR IN THE RUST HOLE FOR THE STAIRWAY TREADS NEXT PHOTO. SO TWO F IS THE MISSING FASTENERS OF LANDING. HOLDING UP THE STAIRWAYS ON TWO 11, THE TOP LEFT CORNER. AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE ONE THE HANDRAILS ARE MISSING FASTENERS HOLDING UP THESE STAIRWAYS. NEXT PHOTO TWO G IS A SEPARATION OF THE STAIRWAYS TO LANDING 2 0 1. YOU CAN SEE THE TOP CORNER WHERE THE SKY'S COMING THROUGH THE LANDING IS NO LONGER CONNECTED TOWARDS THAT. THANK YOU. NEXT PHOTO TWO H IS RUSTED BRACKETS TO THE PREVIOUS REPAIR SHREDS. YOU SEE HOW THEY TRIED TO REPAIR IT WITHOUT PERMITS AND IT HAS RUSTED THROUGH ALREADY. NEXT PHOTO TWO I IS THE FOOTING OBSERVED, UH, AT ALL THREE LOCATIONS WERE LIKE THIS. YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM FOOTING WHERE THE POSTS GO INTO ARE RUSTED OUT. THE NEXT PHOTO TWO J IS DETERIORATING POST WITH WOOD ROT ON THE BOTTOM YOU CAN NEXT PHOTO. SO ON 2K YOU CAN SEE THE SIGNS OF MOVEMENT ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER, YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE THE HARDY SIDING HAS BEEN BROKEN FROM THE MOVEMENT. NEXT PHOTO TWO L IS THE SEPARATING FROM THE HANGERS AND THE DETACHED FROM THE LEDGERS. NEXT PHOTO TWO M TWO M IS THE SUPPORT BRACKETS BEING BROKEN. YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LEDGER HAS ALREADY BROKEN OFF THE PIECE OF THE LEDGER BOARD ATTACHED TO THE STAIRWAY. NEXT PHOTO [01:05:03] TWO M'S IS A PHOTO OF THE DAMAGED LANDING DECKINGS. THIS IS A TYPICAL RESERVE IN ALL THE DECKINGS. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS A PHOTO OF A YELLOW CARD PLACARD THAT WAS PLACED ON ALL THREE STAIRWAYS. THIS CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND, UH, ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO O. STAFF ALSO REQUESTED THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE OWNER COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING. ONE, PROVIDE A WRITTEN ENGINEERING REPORT TO THE COMMISSION'S COORDINATOR PREPARED BY AN ENGINEER LICENSED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS THAT THROUGH AN ONSITE INSPECTION, EVALUATES THE CURRENT AND LONG-TERM STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE STAIRWAYS DECKS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES AND LANDINGS AT THE COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE. TWO, WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B, CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS CITED TO THE COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH TWO A AND TWO B THREE ON THE 46TH 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 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 THAT THE CITY CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU JAMES. I'M GOING TO, I UNLESS THERE'S OBJECTION, I'LL EXHIBIT, I'LL ADMIT. UH, CITY'S EXHIBITS ONE AND TWO A THROUGH TWO O. COMMISSIONER, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? BECAUSE APPARENTLY WE HAVE NO OWNER REPRESENTATIVE. YES SIR, WE DO HAVE SOMEONE ON THE LINE. HELLO? UM, I'M THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE. MY NAME IS CARLOS. UH, HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. YOU WERE OBVIOUSLY WERE, WERE YOU, WERE, WERE YOU HERE EARLIER WHEN EVERYONE WAS SWORN IN? YES, I WAS. WAS HE THERE? YES, HE WAS THERE. OKAY. YES. THEN PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. HI, YES, UH, MY NAME IS CARLOS VO. UM, I AM REPRESENTING, UH, THE OWNERS OF 8 29 PARK PLAZA, UH, APARTMENT. AND, UM, WE, UH, WE RECENTLY TOOK OVER, UH, AT THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, UH, THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX ON AUGUST 12TH. UM, WE WERE OBVIOUSLY UNAWARE OF SOME OF THESE UH, UH, ISSUES, BUT WE ARE WANTING TO OBVIOUSLY, UM, ADDRESS AND FIX THESE PROBLEMS. UM, I AM WORKING WITH A VENDOR, A CONTRACTOR THAT IS ACTUALLY WORKING ON GETTING PERMITS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN, UM, START, UM, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT UNFORTUNATELY WERE NEGLECTED FROM PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT. I, I, IS THAT, ARE YOU CONCLUDED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR? UM, THE, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS, UM, I KNOW THAT I DO HAVE 45 DAYS. UM, IT'S, UH, I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR, TO TAKE CARE OF THE, THE ONGOING ISSUE THAT, UH, WE'RE PRESENTED TO US. UM, AND AT THE MOMENT, YES, UM, I WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE, UM, THE PERMANENT INFORMATION AND OTHER, UH, IMAGES THAT I CAN PROVIDE ONCE THE PROJECT HAS BEGUN. ALRIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ASK OF THE COMMISSION? UM, UH, YEAH, I WOULD JUST, JUST THAT I, THAT I, UM, THAT I'M GIVEN. UM, I AT LEAST THE 45 DAYS, UH, IF I CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, I WOULD, THAT WOULD HELPFUL, UH, BE BENEFICIAL TO IT. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF CITY STAFF? UH, NO, NOT AT THE MOMENT. STAFF. DO WE HAVE ANY, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER? NOT AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. UH, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR OWNER? QUESTION FOR THE CITY, DO WE HAVE ANY ACTIVE PERMITS [01:10:01] AS TODAY? I DID NOT SEE IN THE CASE IN AMANDA. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION FOR CODE. HOW DANGEROUS IS THIS STAIRWAY? IS IT LIKE A IMMEDIATE RISK OF COLLAPSING OR SOMEONE GETTING HURT AND IS SOMEONE LIVING IN THAT UNIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR? UM, PEOPLE ARE LIVING ON THE SECOND FLOOR, UM, AS COLLAPSING. I CANNOT ANSWER THAT 'CAUSE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE ON THAT ONE. UM, BUT THEY DO NEED TO BE LOOKED AT BY ENGINEER. THANK YOU. ALAN WU, DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL AND ALSO THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN. MY TESTIMONY IS GONNA BE BASED ON THE PHOTOS. I SEE. UM, I DO HAVE CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE STRINGERS THAT AREN'T CONNECTED. UM, MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION IS TO IMMEDIATELY GET THESE SHORED UP TEMPORARILY SHORED. SO THAT'S MY PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION AS AN ENGINEER. OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR OWNER? YEAH, I HAD A QUESTION FOR, UH, THE OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE. SO WE KNOW IT'S DANGEROUS. WE JUST HEARD THE, UH, THE OPINION THAT IT NEEDS TO GET SHORED UP, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PERMITS CURRENTLY ON FILE. UM, YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT, BUT, UH, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, AS THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY INTENTIONS TO, UH, I DON'T KNOW, GIVE THE TENANTS THAT ARE IN THAT, THAT PARTICULAR UNIT, ANY ALTERNATIVE HOUSING? UH, BECAUSE I MEAN, MAYBE IT'S NOT GONNA COLLAPSE TOMORROW, BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT IF YOU DO THINK IT'S DANGEROUS AND YOU ACCEPT THE, THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE ENGINEER, UH, MR. WU, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THAT TENANT? YES. UM, IF, IF THAT, IF WE NEED TO CHANGE, UM, MOVE UNITS TO DIFFERENT, UH, MOVE, UM, TENANTS TO DIFFERENT UNITS. YEAH. THAT IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ONE OF THE VERY, OUR CONCERN IS THE, THE RESIDENTS ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE. SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT ON THE TABLE FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE TENANTS THAT ARE LIVING IN UPSTAIRS UNIT OR AROUND AREAS WHERE, UM, AREAS COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, . AND WOULD YOU, UH, OKAY. FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND THEN ONE MORE, UH, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO HELP THEM WITH MOVE OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. NEVERMIND. SO, YEAH, THE, THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA FOLLOW UP WITH IS, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WILLING TO HELP THEM WITH MOVING COSTS? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU THINKING LIKE, WOULD YOU BE OPEN TO PUTTING THEM INTO A HOTEL FOR A WHILE? JUST UNTIL IT'S, IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE DANGER? UH, YES, OF COURSE. ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ACCOMMODATE, UM, THE AFFECT IT, UH, PLANET, WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, WORK WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN, UH, ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY AND THAT THE, UM, THE, THE APARTMENT THAT THEY'RE IN IS, UM, IN SUITABLE CONDITIONS FOR THEM. OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION IS, UH, YOU SAID YOU HAVE, YOU WERE TALKING TO A CONTRACTOR, WAS THAT RIGHT? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE YES. YEAH. YES. YES. I AM WORKING AT, AT CALLED ALAMO CONTRACTORS . UM, HE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH MR. RODRIGUEZ WITH REGARDS TO THE PERMIT. UM, THE PERMIT SHOULD PROBABLY BE, UH, PULLED, UM, WITH, I WANNA SAY WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, DAY OR TWO. UM, THAT IS WHAT THE, UH, CONTRACTOR MENTIONED TO ME, UM, AS OF YESTERDAY'S DATE. UM, SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TAKING VERY SERIOUS AND THAT WE WANT TO ADJUST AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM MR. WU, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO LET YOUR CONTRACTOR KNOW THAT, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO IN THE MEANTIME TO SHORE IT UP, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA AS WELL. YES. I DON'T HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT, UM, I'M SURE THERE'S SOME LEEWAY THERE. OKAY. THANK, THAT'S ALL MY, MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, MS. ELAINE GARRETT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. UH, I'D RECOMMEND THAT A 48 HOUR ADVISE THAT THEY GET THEM SHORED UP WITHIN THAT AND OBTAIN, UH, ENGINEERS REPORT FOR THAT. AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S MORE THAN ONE TENANT IMPACTED. I BELIEVE THEY SAID THREE. UM, THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S ACTUALLY ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE SIGNS OF MOVEMENT. YEAH, YOU DON'T WANNA WALK ON A MOVING STAIR. [01:15:01] ALL RIGHT. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED. AND A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NARE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE WANT TO HAVE BEFORE WE GO ONTO A MOTION? I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IT'S PROBABLY, I THINK THE 48 HOUR INSTRUCTION'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK WE SHOULD ADD THAT TO THE ORDER. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, SIR? SIR? I'LL GIVE IT A SHOT. BEGIN. I WOULD LIKE TO, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER WITH THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDER, UH, BETWEEN NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO OF THE RECOMMENDED ORDER. A NEW ENTRY THAT STATES WITHIN 48 HOURS FROM THE DATE THAT THIS ORDER IS MAILED, TAKE ALL NECESSARY AND POSSIBLE STEPS TO SHORE UP AND SECURE WITHIN THAT TIMELINE AS REASONABLY AS POSSIBLE. THE STAIRCASE STRUCTURE, MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE WORDY. I THINK THAT WORKS. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AND A SECOND, UH, BY COMMISSIONER BROWN. WE'LL TAKE A VOICE, TAKE A, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE, UH, COMMISSIONER, FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. THERE'S NO TEETH BEHIND OUR 48 HOURS. I'M NOT SURE HOW TO DO THAT. UM, THAT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION POINT. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO ADD A A FINE, YES, I WOULD. UM, OF, UH, TWO 50 A WEEK. WOULDN'T THAT BE AFTER THE 48 HOUR PERIOD? CORRECT. AFTER THE 48 48 HOUR PERIOD. $250 PER WEEK. SO TO UNDERSTAND YOUR FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, YOU'D LIKE TO YEAH. YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE 48 HOUR INSTRUCTION THAT IF IT IS NOT COMPLETED WITHIN 48 HOURS TO ASSESS A FINE OF $250 A WEEK STARTING AT THE END OF THE 48 HOURS? THAT IS WHAT I SAID, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M MEANT. OKAY. THEN I'LL REJECT WHATEVER FRIENDLY AMENDMENT YOU JUST OFFERED. DO YOU WANNA TRY AGAIN? UH, I DO. UM, IF REPAIRS ARE NOT MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS, ASSESS A PENALTY OF $250 PER DAY. OKAY. UH, UH, ONLY ATTACHED TO THAT 48 HOUR, 48 HOUR INSTRUCTION, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT AMENDMENT FOR DISCUSSION. ALRIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON. FIRST IS LET'S DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE FOR THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FIRST. DO WE WANT TO DO, CAN WE ROLL THAT BACK? DO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT, REPEAT IN ITS ENTIRETY, WHAT THE AMENDMENT IS? SURE. LET'S TRY AND DO THAT. ALRIGHT. BECAUSE I, I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE IS MOTION FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ORDER, BUT ADDING A PROVISION THAT, THAT SAYS TO MAKE PROPER REPAIRS TO THE STAIRS WITHIN 48 HOURS WITH A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT REQUIRES, OR ALLOWS FOR A $250 PER DAY FINE. FOR IF REPAIRS ARE NOT MADE, OR IF SHORING UP SAFETY MAKE SAFE, THE STAIRS IS NOT, DOESN'T OCCUR WITHIN 48 HOURS. IS THAT RIGHT? REAL, REAL QUICK, JUST A SUGGESTION ON THE WORDING. MAYBE, UH, SHORING AND EMERGENCY BRACING INSTEAD OF THE ACTUAL REPAIRS. I, I AGREE. I THINK WE NEED TO TO BE A LITTLE CLEARER THAT, UH, BECAUSE IF WE SAY REPAIR, THAT COULD, THAT COULD BE COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT THE RECOMMENDED ORDER IS, WHICH IS THAT THE REPAIRS BE, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO FULLY COMPLETE REPAIRS. IF I UNDERSTOOD, UH, MR. WU'S PROFESSIONAL OPINION, IT'S THAT THEY NEED TO AT LEAST BRACE OR SHORE UP THE STAIRS, UM, TO ADDRESS THE, THE IMMEDIATE DANGER OR THE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY. UM, SO I THINK WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR THAT IT'S 48 HOURS TO SHORE UP, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU DID SAY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. [01:20:01] IT WAS TO SHORE UP THE, THE STAIR STRUCTURES. YES. UM, AND SO FOR THE PENALTY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT IS IF THE SHORING, UH, I GUESS IT SHOULD BE, IF THE SHORING UP OR THE BRACING, UH, AS MR. MOORE SAID IS NOT COMPLETED WITHIN THE 48 HOUR PERIOD, THEN A FINE OF $250 WILL COME INTO EFFECT. YES. THAT, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. COMMISSIONER NA AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA? AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER? AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES? AYE CHAIR, COULD I GET SOME CLARIFICATION? WAS THAT TWO, I HEARD SOMEONE SAY $250 PER DAY AND THEN I ALSO HEARD $250 PER WEEK. SO CAN WE GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT? I THINK HE WAS CORRECTED TO BE PER DAY. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. NOW WE HAVE A MOTION AS AMENDED. WE'RE READY TO TAKE A ROLL CALL. VOTE ON THAT. COMMISSIONER NA A A? YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BROWN. AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER. AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES. AYE. UH, IT'S APPROVED SO WE CAN MOVE ON [4. Case Number: CL 2026-085815 ] TO OUR NEXT ITEM. ITEM NUMBER FOUR ON THE AGENDA IS CASE NUMBER CL 2 0 2 6 0 8 5 8 15 REGARDING A COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 9 0 6 GROVER AVENUE, ALSO KNOWN AS, UM, 9 1 6. SORRY, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO AKA. UM, ALSO I WANT TO CORRECT THE, UH, POSTED AGENDA LISTED AS A, UH, FIRE DAMAGE COMMERCIAL MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE. BUT THERE IS NOT A, UH, IT'S NOT FIRE DAMAGE. IT IS, UM, SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS CON, OR WITH IT IS SUBSTANDARD AND, UH, UNSAFE. SO THE STAFF EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE BLUE BOOKS IN YOUR READERS IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER. HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THIS CASE WAS OPENED IN MARCH, 2025 AS THE RESULT OF A COMPLAINT. THERE ARE NO ACTIVE PERMITS RELATED TO THE CITED VIOLATIONS. THIS PROPERTY IS A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE IN IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. IN YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER OR READERS, YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINT AND CASE HISTORY. A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP MAPS OF THE PROPERTY, ALL REQUIRED NOTICES, PROOFS OF MAILING AND POSTINGS. AND EXHIBIT TWO, WHICH CONSISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO I. AND THE RECOMMENDED ORDER CODE INSPECTOR LAUREN TAGGART IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS FOR THIS CASE AND DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS DEPICTED. INSPECTOR TAGGART, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS LAUREN TAGGART AND I'M THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR THE AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CODE COMPLIANCE. THE PROPERTY BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A RESIDENTIAL FOURPLEX PROPERTY LOCATED AT 49 0 6 GROVER AVENUE. THE OWNER OF RECORD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GARY L STRIKE ON MARCH 10TH, 2025, OUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 49 0 6 GROVER AVENUE VIA AUSTIN 3 1 1. ON MARCH 10TH, 2025 CODE OFFICER FLORES PERFORMED THE INSPECTION AND OBSERVED AN UNOCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL FOURPLEX WITH NO RUNNING WATER. THE GAS METER HAD BEEN PULLED, NO ELECTRICITY BEING PROVIDED TO THE PROPERTY. THE CASE WAS DOCUMENTED AND NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS MAILED TO THE OWNER GARY L. STRIKE ON MARCH 10TH, 2025. ON JUNE 23RD, 2026, THE CASE WAS REASSIGNED TO CODE OFFICER RICHARD LAA. A NEW NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS SENT OUT. THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION WAS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY ON JULY 10TH, 2026. FROM MARCH, FROM MARCH, 2025 UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 2026, THE PROPERTY CONTINUED TO BE FOUND IN VIOLATION OF STRUCTURED DEFICIENCIES. I WILL NOW PRESENT MY PHOTOS, OR EXCUSE ME, THE PHOTOS AND DISCUSS A VIOLATION DEPICTED EXHIBIT TWO, A CONJECTURAL PHOTO OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN NEED OF S UH, IN NEED OF SURFACE COATING AND REPAIR. [01:25:01] HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE OWNER DID MAKE AN EFFORT TO FENCE IN THE PROPERTY. EXHIBIT TWO B IS ANOTHER CONJUNCTIONAL PHOTO OF THE SIDE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF HAS A SAG ALONG WITH ITS SHINGLES AND DISREPAIR AND MORE WOOD SIDING IN NEED OF SURFACE COATING. EXHIBIT TWO C IS A CLOSEUP OF THE SAME AREA SHOWING WINDOW TRIM BEGINNING TO PEEL AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE DUE TO THE LACK OF MAINTENANCE, THE STAIRCASE AND THEIR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE DECKING SUPPORT POST EXHIBIT SIGNS OF DETERIORATION INDICATING THAT THE DECK STAIRWAY AND COLUMNS MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER. EXHIBIT 2D IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDING AND DISREPAIR, WHERE IN SOME PLACES IT IS COMPLETELY PEELING OFF OF THE STRUCTURE. EXTERIOR LIGHT IS NOT PROPERLY COVERED. DAMAGED WINDOW SCREENS MISSING FASCIA BOARDS, GUTTERS ARE IN DISREPAIR. EXHIBIT TWO E SHOWS A BROKEN WINDOW, A HOLE IN THE SIDING ALLOWING FOR INTRUSION OF RAIN AND OTHER ELEMENTS INTO THE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE ENTRY OF VERMIN. EXHIBITS TWO F AND TWO G ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE REAR STRUCTURE SHOWING MORE HOLES IN THE SIDING, MORE MISSING FASCIA BOARDS. AND IF YOU LOOK ABOVE THE CARPORT NEAR THE MIDDLE WINDOW, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE SQUARE METAL POLE HAS BEEN INSTALLED TO POSSIBLY SUPPORT THE SAGGING ROOF. ON THE SECOND STORY, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE, UH, THE ATTACHED CARPORT IS IN DISREPAIR. EXHIBITS TWO H CONTINUES TO SHOW MORE SIDING AND IN DISREPAIR DAMAGE WINDOWS IN DOOR TRIM, AN UNATTACHED SCREEN DOOR AS WELL AS AN UNS SQUARED PRIMARY DOOR FRAME, COMPROMISING THE STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT AND SECURITY OF THE OPENING. EXHIBIT TWO I IS ANOTHER CONJECTURAL PHOTO OF THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE FOURPLEX, AGAIN SHOWING ANOTHER OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE DOOR. MORE SIGHTINGS AND DISREPAIR, WINDOW TRIM, STAIRWAYS AND DISREPAIR. ANOTHER EXTERIOR LIGHT MISSING A PROPER COVER AND MISSING FASCIA BOARDS. CONTACT INFORMATION. ON FOUR ONE 2025 CODE OFFICER HENRY FLORES RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE OWNER ABOUT THE DEMO PERMITS AND SECURING THE PROPERTY WITH THE FENCE. THE PROPERTY WAS SECURED BUT NO PERMITS WERE EVER APPLIED FOR OR OBTAINED FOR THE REPAIR OR DEMO. ON MAY 21ST, 2025, SUPERVISOR DAVID DOWNING LEFT VOICEMAIL TO THE OWNER ABOUT THE CURRENT VIOLATIONS. THE OWNER NEVER RETURNED THE CALL TO SPEAK WITH STAFF ABOUT THE ONGOING STRUCTURE VIOLATIONS. SIX 30 2026 SUPERVISOR DAVID DOWNING LEFT A VOICEMAIL FOR THE OWNER ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS. THE OWNER HAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT RE REGARDING THE ONGOING VIOLATIONS ABOUT THE BSC CASE. BE HEARD HERE TONIGHT. UH, JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT WE'VE HAD SEVEN CODE COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROPERTY SINCE 2013. WE'VE HAD THREE CODE, UH, CODE VIOLATION CASES SINCE 2013. THIS IS OUR ONE LEGAL CASE THAT WE HAVE NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN APPLIED FOR. AND THERE IS A SCHOOL, A MONASTERY SCHOOL THAT IS LOCATED AT 48 0 4 GROVER AVENUE, AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 5 6. THAT'S ABOUT 450 FEET AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURE. THIS CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AND I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO, UH, EXCUSE ME. I STRONGLY URGE THE COMMISSIONERS TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS SHOWN IN THESE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FINDINGS OF FACT, THE CODE OFFICIAL FOUND THAT THESE STRUCTURES ARE A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE AND ARE CONSIDERED SUBSTANDARD WITH UNSAFE CONDITIONS. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS TWO A THROUGH TWO. I STAFF ALSO REQUESTED THE COMMISSION ADOPT THE PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND ORDER THE OWNER COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING, ONE WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B, CORRECT ALL VIOLATIONS CITED TO THE COMMERCIAL MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURES AND IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDER OF THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS. C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH ONE A AND ONE B, UM, AND TWO ON [01:30:01] THE 46TH DAY. IF 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 REPAIRS REQUIRED BY THIS ORDER ARE COMPLETE INTEREST SHALL ACCRUE A RATE OF 10% PER UH, PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT UNTIL PAID IN FULL AND WITHOUT THE CITY. CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION, WE HAVE NO PROPERTY OWNER PRESENT. IS THAT CORRECT? NO SIR. NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. UH, UNLESS THEY'RE, UH, PROBLEMS I TO, UH, ADMIT EXHIBITS ONE AND TWO A THROUGH TWO I ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? JUST FOR STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE, UM, THIS HOME WAS BUILT IN 1950 OR AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT, AS FAR BACK AS WE CAN GO. UM, IS THIS A HISTORICAL STRUCTURE OF ANY SORT? NO, IT IS NOT. IT'S BEEN REVIEWED FOR THAT, BUT IT'S NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND SINCE THE INITIAL WHERE HE BOARDED UP OR PUT THE FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY, HE HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT. THAT IS CORRECT. HE HAS NOT BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY, UM, VAGRANCY. IT'S BEEN PRETTY SAFE. MADE SAFE. IT'S BEEN SECURED. IT'S REMAINED SECURED. YES, MA'AM. I HAVE TO SAY I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE. SECOND. A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. THERE A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. ANY I I GUESS WE'RE NOW READY FOR A MOTION CHAIR. WERE THE, UH, EXHIBITS ADMITTED? THEY WERE NOT. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ADMITTED. CAN YOU ADMIT THE EXHIBITS? THEY WERE? YES. NO, I'LL DO IT AGAIN. WE'LL ADMIT EXHIBITS ONE AND TWO A THROUGH TWO I NOW WE NEED A MOTION. I MOVE TO ADOPT THE STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSION OF LAW AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDED ORDER IN ITS ENTIRETY. SECOND. SECOND. HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL VOTE COMMISSIONER NAYER AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER. AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. AYE. CHAIR VOTES. AYE. SO IT'S UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD JAMES. THANK YOU. ITEM [6. Case Number: CL 2023-087183 ] NUMBER SIX ON THE AGENDA, CL 2 0 2 3 DASH OH 8 7 1 8 3 IS A RETURNING CASE REGARDING A PROPERTY LOCATED AT 48 0 7 DUVAL STREET STAFF. EXHIBITS CAN BE FOUND IN THE TEAL BOOKS IN YOUR READERS IN THE GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER. HERE'S SOME FACTS ABOUT THE CASE. THIS IS A RETURNING CASE ORIGINALLY OPENED IN DECEMBER OF 2022 AS THE RESULT OF A COMPLAINT ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023. THE COMMISSION ISSUED AN ORDER FOR REPAIR WITHIN 90 DAYS WITH A PENALTY OF $250 PER WEEK TO BEGIN TO ACCRUE ON THE 91ST DAY IF REPAIRS WERE NOT COMPLETE. AS OF TODAY'S DATE, THE PROPERTY HAS NOT ACHIEVED COMPLIANCE AND THE ACCRUABLE PENALTY TOTAL IS $35,535 AND 71 CENTS AND CONTINUES TO ACCRUE THE STRUCTURE REMAINS IN DISREPAIR AND CREATES A PUBLIC AND AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE WITH SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. WE ARE NOW RECOMMENDING A NEW ORDER FOR DEMOLITION TO SUPERSEDE. THE EXISTING ORDER FOR REPAIR AND PENALTIES WILL NO LONGER CONTINUE TO ACCRUE IN YOUR READER OR GOOGLE DRIVE FOLDER. YOU'LL FIND THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED EXHIBITS ONE THROUGH SIX K, EXHIBITS SEVEN, WHICH CONTAINS THE COMPLAINTANT CASE HISTORY. A COPY OF THE TRAVIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT RECORD THAT VERIFIES OWNERSHIP MAPS OF THE PROPERTY, ALL REQUIRED NOTICES, PROOFS OF MAILING AND POSTINGS. A COPY OF THE EXISTING BSC ORDER T RV 2 0 2 3 1 1 5 1 2 0, AND A PENALTY STATEMENT THROUGH TODAY'S DATE. AND EXHIBIT EIGHT, WHICH CONSISTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT N AND THE RECOMMENDED ORDER CODE INVESTIGATOR FARRAH PRESLEY IS HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT THE EXHIBIT PHOTOS AND WE'LL DISCUSS THE VIOLATIONS AS DEPICTED. INVESTIGATOR PRESLEY, PLEASE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS FARRAH PRESLEY AND I'M THE INVESTIGATOR FOR [01:35:01] THE CASE REVIEW AND ESCALATION TEAM WITH AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE PROPERTY 48 0 7 DUVAL STREET IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT DUE TO BEING AN AGE CASE WITHOUT ANY REPAIRS. CREDIT HAS HAD THIS CASE IN A BSE ORDER SINCE AUGUST OF 2023. SINCE THIS CASE WAS HEARD, THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY REPAIRS MADE, NO PERMITS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND NO CONTACT WITH CODE. LAST WE HEARD FROM THE OWNER WAS IN 2023. PLEASE SEE PICTURES MARKED EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT N EIGHT A SHOWS A CONTEXTUAL PHOTO OF THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE. THE PROPERTY IS OVERGROWN AGAIN AND THERE IS A CURRENT CUT LIST ON THIS PROPERTY TO BE DONE. NEXT. PHOTO EIGHT B SHOWS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE, THE SIDING THAT IS FALLING OFF THE BACK DOOR EVE THAT IS NOT ATTACHED ON BOTH SIDES AND FAILING. NEXT PHOTO EIGHT C. THIS IS A RIGHT SIDE PATIO. YOU CAN SEE THE SIDING IS MISSING UNDER THE DOOR AND GIVES AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE FOUNDATION IN DISREPAIR. NEXT PHOTO. UM, EIGHT D IS A CLOSEUP OF THE FOUNDATION FLOOR JOIST AND BEAMS. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SIGNIFICANT WITH DAMAGE FROM PEST AND NOT BEING PROTECTED FROM THE ELEMENTS OF NATURE. NEXT PHOTO, UH, EIGHT D SHOWS A CLOSEUP OF THE FASCIA BOARD ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. SEVERAL HOLES IN THE DECKING AND ROTTEN WOOD OF THE RAFTERS AND PAIRING THE ABILITY TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE ROOF. NEXT PHOTO, UM, EIGHT F. THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TOP OF THE ROOF. IT HAS THE SAME DAMAGE AS THE DECKING AND SEVERE WARPING OF THE RAFTER RAFTERS ALONG THE SEVERAL NOTICEABLE HOLES IN THE DECKING, ALLOWING THE ELEMENTS OF NATURE TO ENTER INTO THE HOUSE. NEXT PHOTO, EIGHT G. THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO. THIS IS THE LE, UH, LEFT SIDE OF THE ROOF. AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE DECKING AND SEVERE WARPING OF THE RAFTERS. NEXT PHOTO EIGHT I. THIS IS THE BACK OF THE STRUCTURE. IT DOES HAVE THE ISSUES OF THE ROTTEN AND DETERIORATED SIDING AND A CAVED IN BACK PATIO. NEXT PHOTO EIGHT J. JUST A CLOSEUP OF THE VIEW OF THE ROTTEN AND DETERIORATED BACK PATIO. NEXT PHOTO, UH, THE PUR BEAM FOUNDATION IS SINKING AND IT'S BREAKING THE STEM WALL ALL AROUND THE STRUCTURE. NEXT PHOTO EIGHT L SHOWS THE BACK STRUCTURE. THIS IS A GARAGE ON A CONCRETE SLAB. THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE IS LEANING ACROSS TO THE NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. THE PROPERTY OWNER DID LAY OLD FENCE ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO THE GARAGE. NEXT PHOTO EIGHT M SHOWS A CLOSEUP VIEW OF THE ROOF OF THE GARAGE, HOW IT'S COM PROMISED STRUCTURALLY AND THE FRAMEWORK IS NO LONGER SUPPORTING THE WEIGHT OF THE GARAGE. NEXT PHOTO EIGHT N. THIS IS JUST THE FRONT DOOR. YOU CAN SEE A BIT MORE OF HOW THE FOUNDATION IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE FRONT STEPS DUE TO SINKING AND SHIFTING OF THE STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE FOUNDATION. THIS PROPERTY HAS TO HAVE, HAS TO BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY AND HAS TO HAVE FOR YEARS. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MOWING CUT LISTS DONE ALONG WITH TRIMMING TREES ON THIS PROPERTY. I WOULD LIKE THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER TO ADOPT STASH RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY TESTIMONY AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS 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 AN ATTRACTIVE NUISANCE WITH SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ADMIT EXHIBIT SEVEN AND EIGHT CONSISTING OF EXHIBIT SEVEN, WHICH INCLUDES STAFF'S PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS MARKED AS EXHIBITS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT. N. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FOR THIS CASE. FINDING OF FACT THE COMMISSION ISSUED ITS CURRENT ORDER TRV 2 0 2 3 100 1502 IN TRAVIS COUNTY DEED RECORDS ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023. THIS IS THE 2023 ORDER FINDING FACT THE 2023 ORDER WAS NOT TIMELY APPEALED IN THE TIME PERIOD IN WHICH THE 2023 ORDER COULD HAVE BEEN APPEALED. HAS LAPSED FINDING A FACT IN ITS 2023 ORDER. THE COMMISSION ASSESSED A CIVIL PENALTY OF $250 PER WEEK TO BEGIN ON THE 91ST DAY FROM THE DATE THE ORDER WAS MAILED. TO DATE, THE PROPERTY REMAINS IN VIOLATION AND PENALTIES HAVE ACCRUED IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,535 AND 71 CENTS AND CONTINUE TO ACCRUE. STAFF ASKED THE COMMISSION TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS. ONE ISSUE A NEW ORDER THAT WILL SUPERSEDE THE PRIOR REPAIR ORDER ISSUED ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023 RECORDED AS TRB 2 0 2 3 100 1520 IN TRAVIS COUNTY DEED RECORDS TWO AFFIRM THE CIVIL PENALTY OF $35,535 AND 71 CENTS ASSESSED FROM THE ORDER ISSUED SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023 AND INTEREST WILL NO LONGER CONTINUE TO ACCRUE. THREE, ORDER THE OWNER TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WITHIN 45 DAYS FROM THE DATE THE ORDER IS MAILED. A, OBTAIN AND FINALIZE ALL NECESSARY PERMITS. B DEMOLISH ALL PORTIONS OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND ANY [01:40:01] ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND REMOVES DEBRIS LEAVING THE LOT CLEAN AND RAKED C REQUEST INSPECTIONS FROM AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO VERIFY COMPLIANCE WITH THREE A AND THREE B FOUR ON THE 46TH DAY. IF COMPLIANCE HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED, A AUTHORIZE THE CODE OFFICIAL TO PROCEED WITH DEMOLITION AND TO CONSIDER ALL PORTIONS OF THE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE AND ANY ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND INCLUDING ANY ITEMS IN AND AROUND THE STRUCTURES AS DEBRIS AND DISPOSE OF AS SUCH. B THE PROPERTY OWNER SHALL BE ON NOTICE THAT THE CODE OFFICIAL IS AUTHORIZED TO ASSESS ALL EXPENSES INCURRED AGAINST THE PROPERTY UNLESS EXEMPTED BY THE TEXAS CONSTITUTION. A LIEN FOR THOSE EXPENSES MAY BE FILED BY THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND RECORDED WITH TRAVIS COUNTY DEED RECORDS INTEREST SHALL ACCRUE A RATE OF 10% PER YEAR FROM THE DATE OF THE ASSESSMENT UNTIL PAID IN FULL. AND WITH THAT, THE CITY CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. THANK YOU JAMES. I'LL ADMIT EXHIBIT SEVEN AND AA THROUGH A N. THIS THE COMMISSION HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FROM THE 2023 PICTURES. THERE'S A MOVING POD THAT'S ALSO STILL THERE. IS THAT THE NEIGHBORS? IT'S THE NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. IS THERE SOMEBODY ONLINE TO TALK ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY? WELL, I'M THE NEIGHBOR, UH, AT 48 0 9 DUVAL STREET. I'M SORRY SIR, WERE YOU HERE EARLIER TO BE SWORN IN? YES, YES I WAS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THIS STRUCTURE IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANY WAY TO FIX IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UM, THE LAST TENANT LEFT THERE IN, AT THE END OF 2018 AND UM, IT DETERIORATED AND THEN THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE GETTING IN THERE. WE SECURED THE HOUSE. UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS I ACTUALLY TRACKED DOWN THE OWNER, UM, LYLE DAVIS BACK IN 2023. AND HE ACTUALLY DID TRY TO CALL INTO YOUR HEARING AT THAT TIME. I THINK HE LOST HIS BATTERY POWER. MY CONCERN WAS, IS THAT WHEN I CONTACTED HIM, HE WON'T NO LONGER REALLY, UM, RECOGNIZED WHO I WAS. SO I THINK THERE'S A PRETTY GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE PROBABLY HAS SOME COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAS ANY OTHER FAMILY. SO MY REQUEST TO YOU IS, IS THAT YOU REALLY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO TRY AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE IS STILL ALIVE. I THINK THERE'S SOME QUESTION ABOUT THAT. CONTACTING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OR WHOEVER CAN PROVIDE THE BEST INFORMATION I REGARD. AND IF HE IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE IS, YOU KNOW, COMPETENT. 'CAUSE HE HASN'T RESPONDED, HE HASN'T DONE ANY WORK AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE ALL THIS HE HAD BEEN PAYING HIS TAXES AND DOING ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO THAT'S ONE POINT. THE OTHER ONE IS THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS CONTINUED TO BE ASSESSED ON TA, UH, ROLES AS IF THE HOUSE HAD VALUE. SO FOR THIS PAST YEAR, IT WAS APPRAISED THAT OVER THE, THE IMPROVEMENT THE HOUSE WAS APPRAISED AT OVER $178,000, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. IT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE LISTED AT SALVAGE VALUE. SO HE BEING HELD IN THE REAR FOR VALUE THAT'S NOT, UM, REAL IN ALL THIS. AND TCA SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE CITY ABOUT THIS AT SOME POINT. SO THAT, THAT, UM, THE CHANGES IN THAT, 'CAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF THAT HE'S BEING, UH, IN ARREARS IS, IS NOT CORRECT AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO WHATEVER THE CITY CAN DO TO NOTIFY TCAT AND IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECTIFY THAT, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD MAKE MONEY OFF THIS WHEN THE ASSESSMENT JUST WASN'T CHALLENGED FOR PROBABLY THE SAME REASONS THAT HE HASN'T, UM, REPAIRED THE HOUSE BECAUSE HE MAY NOT BE, YOU KNOW, COMPETENT. UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU, IF YOU DO DO THE DEMOLITION, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE DOWN THE, UH, GARAGE STRUCTURE AS WELL. I DID WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A, A VEHICLE IN THAT STRUCTURE. IT'S AN OLD VOLKSWAGEN, UH, THING THAT, UM, UM, HAS BEEN IN THERE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND, UM, MR. DAVIS NEVER RESIDED IN THE HOUSE SINCE I'VE BEEN BEEN HERE. I I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN 1994. UM, BUT HE DID RENT IT AND WAS SOMEWHAT ACTIVE UP UNTIL, UM, THE EARLY TWO, YOU KNOW, 2020S. UM, AND SO I SUSPECT THAT HE HAS HAD SOME COGNITIVE DECLINE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I DO THINK THAT THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT'S THE CASE OR NOT. UM, AS YOU'RE PROCEEDING WITH THIS, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENTAILS. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, UP TO THE CITY, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'VE MADE THE SORT OF EFFORTS TO OR NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT KIND OF DETERMINATION. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE TO SAY TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION WITH, FOR STAFF? I'M SORRY, CHAIR, IF I MAY INTERRUPT REAL QUICK. COULD YOU PLEASE HAVE THE, THE NEIGHBOR IDENTIFY HIMSELF FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? THANK YOU. YES. MY NAME IS ANDREW. MY NAME IS ANDREW HOMER, H-O-M-E-R. AND I AM THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNER AT 48 0 9 VAL STREET. [01:45:01] UM, AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, I GUESS I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ASK A FOLLOW UP TO MR. HOMER TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE WHEREABOUTS OF MR. DAVIS. DO WE KNOW WHERE HE IS? WE DO NOT. UM, SO AS HE SAID, HE WAS PAYING CURRENT UP TO HIS TAXES UP UNTIL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. UM, THAT'S WHEN WE LOST COMPLETE CONTACT WITH HIM AS WELL. HE WAS BEDRIDDEN WHENEVER WE HAD BSE LAST TIME FOR HIS CASE. YEAH. AND SO, AND HE WAS, HE LIVES OUTTA STATE ANYWAY. HE LIVES IN FLORIDA OR HE DID. AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT. HE'S PASSED AWAY. HE DID NOT HAVE ANY RELATIVES, NOBODY TO GIVE ANYTHING TO. SO WE'RE, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO WORK AND FIND AND SEE IF HE HAD, IF HE'S STILL ALIVE. WHAT IS THE BACKLOG RIGHT NOW FOR DEMOLITIONS THE CITY ? PROBABLY IN THE 15 TO 18 MARK STRUCTURES WISE PROPERTIES. DID YOU SAY 15 TO 18 MONTHS? NO, MARK. SO 15 TO 18 STRUCTURES IS THE BACKLOG. OKAY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF TIME? UH, THAT THEY'RE ALL, WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT WE EACH ONE IS GONNA COST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 'EM PRIORITIZED. UM, THIS YEAR WE ARE GONNA BE TRYING TO GET TO AS MANY AS POSSIBLE. UH, WE HAVE A BIG ONE TO FINISH THAT'S GONNA EAT UP A LOT OF BUDGET. BUT, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T QUANTIFY WHERE THAT IS AND, AND OBVIOUSLY THE QUANTIFY WOULD ALLOW ME TO KNOW THE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH BUDGET I HAVE PER YEAR RIGHT. TO APPLY TO THAT NUMBER. BUT I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN BIDS FOR IT ALL YET UNTIL WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 'EM. SO, UH, BUT WE SHOULD BE GETTING RID OF THREE TO FIVE POTENTIALLY THIS YEAR ON THAT. AND THEN, AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE A, ANOTHER BIG LOG THROWN ON OUR FIRE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FINISH OFF THE OTHERS TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UH, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION TO CLOSE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GARZA. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. A SECOND. FROM COMMISSIONER NA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION UNLESS WE HAVE OTHER DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONERS. UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, CHAIR. UH, AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE INTERRUPTION. UM, I AM CONCERNED FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE THAT WE HAVE TESTIMONY, UM, FROM THE NA FROM FROM THE NEIGHBOR THAT THERE MAY BE SOME COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT ON THE PART OF THE OWNER. UM, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH TRYING TO FIND HIM. UM, SO IF HE'S GOT SOME SORT OF IMPAIRMENT OR MAY NOT BE FULLY CAPABLE OF MAKING DECISIONS, I DO THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO EXPLORE AND DETERMINE. UH, IS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF, IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR IF, UM, OUR INVESTIGATOR CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT I I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PIECE AND IF WE DON'T HAVE MORE INFORMATION, WE MAY NEED TO POSTPONE TO SEE IF AT LEAST TILL NEXT MONTH TO SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION. OKAY. HE HAD ALZHEIMER'S SO YOU WOULD TELL HIM SOMETHING AND HE'D FORGET IT NEXT? SO WE, WE MAINLY TALKED TO HIS, UM, HOME HEALTH AIDE LAST TIME WITH THE BSE STUFF LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. AND WHEN I TRIED TO CALL HER PHONE NUMBER, SHE NO LONGER WORKS FOR HIM AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW HIS PROGRESS. SO SHE, SHE WASN'T ANY HELP WHENEVER I CALLED HER. DO, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S A POWER OF ATTORNEY AT ALL? NO, I DON'T THINK HE HAD THAT EITHER. OKAY. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNSEL. UM, I I, I HEAR YOUR CONCERNS, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS LIKE, IS THIS A DUE PROCESS CONCERN OR A CONCERN AROUND LIKE ETHICS AROUND HAVING SOMEONE WHO IS COGNITIVELY [01:50:01] IMPAIRED AND AND DEMOLISHING THEIR HOUSE? UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU MEANT. NO, ABSOLUTELY. SO IT, IT, IT DOES GO TO AN TO DUE PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE WE'RE THIS IS FOR DEMOLITION AND SO IT'S MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE OWNER, UM, IF HE WERE TO RECEIVE A COPY OF THE ORDER, WOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ORDER IS SAYING, UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES. IF HE DOES NOT COMPLETE THE DEMOLITION HIMSELF, THAT THE CITY CAN STEP IN AND DEMOLISH THE STRUCTURE. DOES HE HAVE THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAS THE RIGHT TO APPEAL THIS ORDER AND THAT THERE IS A TIMEFRAME FOR HIM TO APPEAL THE ORDER. UM, AND SO IT IT DOES GO TO DUE PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT HE UNDERSTANDS HIS RIGHTS. UM, IF HE'S NOT CAPABLE, HAS THERE BEEN A GUARDIAN OR SOMEBODY APPOINTED, UH, TO REPRESENT HIS INTERESTS AND ACT ON HIS BEHALF? AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, HAVE IN, HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, UH, BEFORE WE ASSESS THIS OR BEFORE AN ORDER IS ASSESSED, UM, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED. THANK YOU. THAT, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF THEN ON THIS. UH, I MEAN, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK THERE'S A VERY LIKELY OUTCOME THAT'S ALREADY OCCURRED. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS LOOK FOR PROBATE RECORDS PROBABLY IN FLORIDA RIGHT? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT, UH, I'M ASSUMING THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF WHAT YOU GUYS NORMALLY DO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS, MAYBE WE JUST DO LIKE A ONE MONTH, YOU GUYS DO YOUR BEST, YOU COME BACK, WE'VE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE, WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT BE WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS OKAY. AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING. 'CAUSE I'VE HAD THIS ON THE BOOKS FOR TWO MONTHS WITH THEM TO BRING IT BACK. OKAY. AND Y'ALL LOOKED, Y'ALL LOOKED AT LIKE, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK WE I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE A LEXUS SEARCH. I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF THE PROBATE RECORDS, BUT WE CAN, I CAN GET GENERAL INFORMATION WHEN I DO A LEXUS SEARCH SEARCH. RIGHT. UM, SO IT MAY BE WE'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH LEGAL AND SEE IF THEY CAN DO THAT SEARCH FOR US. YEAH, I I I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING SONIA WICK, BECAUSE WE ALSO WANNA DO OUR, OUR REAL DUE DILIGENCE HERE BECAUSE IT IS A DEMOLITION ORDER FOR OUR PROPERTY THAT IS WEIRDLY, I AGREE WITH THE NEIGHBOR WEIRDLY ASSESSED AT $170,000 WORTH. UH, BUT I'M ALSO, I'M NOT HEARING ANY VAGRANCY ISSUES. I'M NOT HEARING ANY, MAYBE SOME RODENT ISSUES, BUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO RUSH PERSONALLY. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO RUSH THE DEMOLITION. I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WE COULDN'T JUST TAKE ONE MORE STAB AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN FIND WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS GUY JUST 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, AND IF WE CAN'T THEN THAT'S IT. YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN YOU DO? YEAH. THERE'S NOT MUCH SAVING IT BESIDES DEMO BECAUSE THE FOUNDATION, THE ENTIRE HOUSE IS JUST MOVED 'CAUSE OF THE FOUND HOW BAD THE FOUNDATION IS. GOTCHA. I'M MAINLY DOING IT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A THOROUGHFARE FOR ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN THROUGH THERE. RIGHT. AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME TO WHERE IT'S DOWN. YEAH. YOU KNOW THAT. BUT, UH, IF MELANIE'S SAYING THAT MAYBE THERE'S A LITTLE COORDINATION WITH LEGAL JUST TO CHECK ALL OF OUR BOXES, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE ANY HARM IN, IN WAIT IN ONE MONTH IF WE CAN'T GET THAT DONE PERSONALLY. THAT'S, THAT'S MY 2 CENTS. SONYA, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE NO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STAFF AND I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO GET TOGETHER, UM, WITH THE TEAM AND, AND FIGURE OUT THE NEXT STEPS TO MAKING SURE WE COMPLETE WITH COMPLETE THE, THE DUE DILIGENCE PIECE. OFFICER PRESLEY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, THEY SAID THAT THERE ALSO IS A TAX SUIT ON THE PROPERTY, SO THEY'RE GONNA LOOK INTO THAT TOO AND SEE IF THEY CAN FIND SOME KIND OF AVENUE TO THE OWNER WITH THROUGH THAT AS WELL. OKAY. YEAH. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR OFFICER PRESLEY. UH, IS THERE STILL POWER AT THE PROPERTY? I SAW SOME WIRES HANGING AND CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND THINGS. NO, THEY JUST, THERE, THERE'S NO METER ON THE PROPERTY. THEY JUST USUALLY DON'T ROLL BACK THE WIRES UNLESS THERE'S SOME KIND OF DANGER. OKAY. ARE REMOVING IT. THANK YOU. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN OCCUPIED FOR SEVERAL YEARS. NO, IT HAS NOT. AND THERE'S NO CURRENT SIGNS OF ACCESS BY HOMELESS OR SOMETHING ELSE? NO. UM, THE NEIGHBOR THAT SPOKE, ACTUALLY, I SPEAK TO HIS WIFE A LOT AND, UM, SHE HAS MY CARD, SO SHE CALLS ME IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES. AND BASICALLY THE ONLY TIME I GET A CALL IS WHEN IT NEEDS TO BE MOWED FOR NOW FOR NOW. YEAH, I AGREE. I I I DO AGREE DEMOLITION'S THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT ANSWER, BUT, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, LEGAL HAS SOME DUE DILIGENCE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY, THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH. SO JUST BOUNCING THOSE TWO THINGS I THINK. YEAH. I [01:55:01] THINK I HEAR A MOTION COMING FROM YOU. YES, COMMISSIONER. I'LL DO THAT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL NEXT MONTH'S MEETING. UH, AND UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. UH, BUT IF NOT, I THINK, I GUESS THIS IS NOT PART OF THE MOTION, I'M JUST SAYING THIS AT THE END. BUT IF WE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT WE FIND OUT, WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION AT THAT TIME. SOUNDS GOOD. DO I HEAR A SECOND? SECOND, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO NEXT MONTH AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER NAYER. AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ. AYE. COMMISSIONER GILKER. AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES. AYE. SO WE'RE CONTINUED ON THIS CASE TILL NEXT MONTH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CAN ROBERT, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND PUT THIS ONE ON YOUR LIST NOW ANYWAY, NOW CAN'T, NEVERMIND. IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A YEAR PLUS BEFORE YOU CAN GET TO IT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHAT IS NEXT ON OUR AGENDA? IT'S THE, UM, EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, UH, ITEM EIGHT. VERY GOOD. [8. Consider and make a recommendation regarding an ordinance to amend Article 9 (Property Maintenance Code) of City Code Chapter 25-12 (Technical Codes), by adding a local amendment to the 2024 International Property Maintenance Code to establish an emergency demolition service. ] ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON THE AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ARTICLE NINE, PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE OF CITY CODE CHAPTER 25 DASH 12 TECHNICAL CODES BY ADDING A LOCAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. TO ESTABLISH AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICE DIVISION MANAGER ROBERT MOORE AND SUPERVISOR MOSES RODRIGUEZ ARE HERE TO GIVE PRESENTATIONS. BUT FIRST, UH, WE HAVE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HERE. UM, CAN WE HEAR FROM HIM FIRST, UH, TO SPEAK ON IT? SURE. UM, MR. DREW THURMAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND PROCEED AND, UH, YEAH, MY NAME. I BELIEVE YOU WERE SWORN IN EARLIER. I WAS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. ALRIGHT. YEAH. UM, YEAH. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DREW THURMAN. I LIVE AT 7 3 0 6 FIRE COVE. BUT I, I'M HERE TO TALK TODAY, UH, ABOUT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA. UM, MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, TWO KIDS, FIVE MONTH OLD AND A 3-YEAR-OLD, LIVE NEXT TO A VACANT FIRE, DAMAGED HOUSE. UM, I'M, AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THAT PROPERTY TONIGHT 'CAUSE I KNOW IT MIGHT COME BEFORE YOU. UH, AND, AND CERTAINLY THE OWNERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE HEARD FIRST. BUT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT 15 MONTHS OF LIVING BESIDE ONE HAS TAUGHT ME. AND I THINK THAT'S WORTH YOUR TIME BEFORE YOU VOTE ON HOW THIS ORDINANCE GETS WRITTEN. UM, 15 MONTHS IS HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN AT THIS. SO SINCE JULY OF LAST YEAR. IT'S A, IT IS A DAILY THING. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A ONCE IN A WHILE THING, UH, THE WIND PICKS UP, YOU SMELL IT EVERY MORNING. UH, IT SMELLS LIKE ROT. IT'S BURNT STRUCTURE. IT'S MOLD. UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE HOUSE SMELLS LIKE WHEN, UH, THE FIRE'S GONE OUT A LONG TIME AGO. UH, THE ROOF IS OPEN TO THE SKY AND EVERY RAIN SINCE THEN HAS LANDED INSIDE. UH, NOTHING IN THERE DRIES. IT ROTS, IT BREEDS RATS AND RATS JUST DON'T STOP AT THE FENCE LINE. UH, BUT THE SMELL ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT, WHAT KEEPS US UP. IT'S THE PART THAT I CAN'T CONTROL. IT'S THE TODDLER ON THE SWING SET. YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AWAY FOR ONE SECOND. UH, THAT'S ALL IT TAKES FOR A TODDLER TO END UP, UH, WAIST HIGH IN THE BRUSH. BROKEN GLASS, TWISTED METAL. OLDER KIDS RIDE PAST, THEY SEE A BURNED OUT HOUSE AND THINKS, THINKS IT LOOKS LIKE AN ADVENTURE, A BUILDING STANDING OPEN WITH NOBODY WATCHING DRAWS PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T BE INSIDE. AND A STRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN SOAKING UP WATER FOR MONTHS GIVES NO WARNING ON THE DAY THAT IT DOES DECIDE TO COME DOWN. SO HERE, I MEAN, HERE'S WHAT I'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE STANDARD PROCESS IS IT'S, IT'S BUILT PREDOMINANTLY ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE OTHER END WHO CAN FIX THE BUILDING. WHEN THAT ASSUMPTION HOLDS, THE PROCESS WORKS. WHEN IT DOESN'T, THE CLOCK JUST RUNS. UH, DEADLINES PASS, THE FILES MOVE. AND THE ONLY THING THAT CHANGES DURING THOSE MONTHS IS THAT THE HOUSE JUST GETS WORSE. UH, SO 15 MONTHS OF RAIN INTO OPEN FRAMING ISN'T A DELAY, IT'S DAMAGE. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A PROPERTY LIKE THIS, THE REALISTIC TIMELINE FROM HERE CAN RUN ANOTHER THREE YEARS. SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT ITEM EIGHT. I'LL SAY PLAINLY, THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION POWER IS VERY SERIOUS. UH, IT'S TAKING A BUILDING DOWN WITHOUT HEARING AN OWNER, UH, WOULD NORMALLY, UH, THAT AN OR AN OWNER WOULD NORMALLY BE THERE SHOULD, IT SHOULD BE RARE. UH, AND THE STANDARDS SHOULD BE NARROW. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO MAKE IT LOOSE, I'M ASKING YOU, I'M ASKING YOU TO MAKE IT REACH THE CASES THAT IT'S WRITTEN FOR. SO MY REQUEST ONE, WRITE THE CRITERIA TO CAPTURE THE SLOW FAILURE, NOT JUST A SUDDEN CATASTROPHE. [02:00:01] A BUILDING CAN BE A DANGER ACROSS MANY MONTHS OR YEARS OF EXPOSURE. AND IF, IF A SINGLE TEST, IF THE TEST IS A SINGLE DRAMATIC EVENT, THE SLOW CASES FALL THROUGH, WHICH IS A LOT OF THEM, I UNDERSTAND. UH, REQUEST TWO, LET A LICENSE ENGINEER ASSESSMENT SUPPORT A FINDING, INCLUDING ALLOWING LIKE A NEIGHBOR TO PAY FOR THAT. UH, IT'S MORE INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WITH LIMITED INSPECTION OF CAPACITY AND, AND NO COST TO THE CITY. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER THREE, UM, REQUEST NUMBER THREE, BUILDING A PATH FOR CASES WHERE JUST NO ONE IS ABLE TO COMPLY WHEN AN ORDER HAS NO REALISTIC CHANCE OF BEING CARRIED OUT. RUNNING THE STANDARD CLOCK DOES NOT PROTECT ANYONE. IT'S JUST, IT JUST COSTS THE TIME. IT JUST COSTS TIME THAT THE BUILDING SPENDS FALLING APART. SO WHATEVER YOU RECOMMEND TONIGHT, PLEASE TELL COUNSEL SPECIFICALLY WHAT YOU NEED TO MOVE THESE CASES FASTER. UH, WHETHER THAT'S FUNDING FOR DEMOLITIONS STAFFING, PREPARE FOR CASES FOR YOUR AGENDA, OR JUST SUPPORT TO MEET MORE OFTEN, HOW WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE, THERE'S NO ONE THAT CAN SAY IT MORE CREDIBLY THAN THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM. UM, WE'RE REALLY GOOD AT DECIDING WHAT GOES UP. I'M, I'M JUST ASKING. WE'D BE REALLY GOOD AT DECIDING WHAT, WHAT GOES DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION? I GET IT. DID I GET IT ALL RIGHT? I DID. DOESN'T HAVE A LIGHT, BUT, OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS ROBERT MOORE. I'M THE CASE REVIEW AND ESCALATIONS DIVISION MANAGER. UM, WE HAD KIND OF TEASED THIS LAST MONTH ABOUT THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICE, UM, ADDED A COUPLE MORE SLIDES TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH, HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT AT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. UM, AND THEN AFTER I'M DONE WITH MY PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MOSES, UH, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL CODE AMENDMENTS, WHICH YOU WOULD BE VOTING ON TONIGHT. SO WE'RE GONNA GO, GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. SORRY. IT IS 9 23 20 26 AND NOT 9 22. UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY. SO ONCE AGAIN, WHY ARE WE IMPLEMENTING THIS SERVICE? UH, IT OFFERS A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ELIMINATE AN IMMINENT DANGER TO PUBLIC SAFETY. FILLS A NEED, UH, A MISSING NEED FOR AN EXPEDITED PROCESS TO ADDRESS COMPROMISE STRUCTURES THREATENING COLLAPSE, AS YOU KNOW, UM, OUR NORMAL PROCESS, WHICH Y'ALL ARE ALL EXPERTS AT NOW, RIGHT? UM, CAN BE LENGTHY IN A, AN EMERGENCY, UM, SETTING, RIGHT? SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT THIS AIMS TO FILL. AND THEN IT ALSO FOLLOWS BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER MAJOR CITIES LIKE SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, HOUSTON, ET CETERA. UM, WHAT DOES THE SERVICE OFFER PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE TO OUR EXISTING DEMOLITION PROCESS. AS I HAD MENTIONED, UH, ACTIVATES A SPECIALIZED ASSESSMENT TEAM, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT WHO'S PART OF THAT. UH, ON, ON SOME OF THE NEXT SLIDES, IT EXPEDITES UTILITY SHUTOFFS AND THE DEMOLITION OF THE STRUCTURE WILL BEGIN NO LATER THAN 96 HOURS AFTER AN AFFIDAVIT IS SIGNED, AN ORDER IS ISSUED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE. SO HOW THIS WORKS IS THE ASSIGNED CODE INSPECTOR ALERTS THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND REGARDING EMERGENCY DEMOLITION CANDIDATE. UM, SO WHEN THE INSPECTOR'S OUT AND ABOUT AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE A REALLY BAD DAMAGED STRUCTURE, UH, THEY WILL ALERT THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND. THEN A DANGEROUS PREMISE TEAM IS ACTIVATED, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE BUILDING OFFICIAL OR CAN CONSIST OF BUILDING OFFICIAL FIRE MARSHAL ENGINEER AND CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR. AND THEY WILL BE CALLED OUT TO THE PROPERTY TO MAKE THIS DETERMINATION. AND THEN IF DEEMED AN EMERGENCY, AN AFFIDAVIT IS PRESENTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AND BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR SIGNATURE. AND THEN AN ORDER IS THEN ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR AND THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT 96 HOUR COUNTDOWN PREPARATION. UH, WE ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR DEMOLITION COLLABORATION, TRY TO GET THEM ON BOARD, UH, AND, AND WE'D LIKE THEM TO DO IT, UH, REALLY. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN'T, WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD EITHER WAY. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTACT AUSTIN ENERGY, AUSTIN WATER, AND TEXAS GAS SERVICES TO GET THE UTILITY SHUTOFF REQUESTS GOING. THEN THE DEMOLITION CONTRACTOR IS CONTACTED AND SCHEDULED. IF PROPERTY OWNER IS UNABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEADLINE, UH, INTERNAL COURTESY NOTIFICATIONS WILL GO OUT TO CITY MANAGER OFFICE, HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OFFICE, AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES OFFICE, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, AND CITY LAW, JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY A HEADS UP ON WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, AND, AND WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS DEMOLITION. AND THEN, UH, AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION NOTICE WILL BE SENT TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. UH, AND THIS WILL NEED, ONCE WE, UH, GIVE THIS NOTICE TO THE STATE, WE HAVE TO BEGIN DEMOLITION WITHIN 48 HOURS. UM, THEN THE NOTICES ARE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC. UH, AN EMERGENCY DEMO PERMIT IS ISSUED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, AND THEN A WARRANT IS OBTAINED FROM MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE DEMOLITION [02:05:01] BEGINS. NEXT SLIDE. SO WHO IS INVOLVED? ALL THESE THAT ARE LISTED. AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AUSTIN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, AUSTIN WATER, AUSTIN ENERGY, TEXAS GAS, AUSTIN HOMELESS STRATEGIES OFFICE, AUSTIN COMMUNICATION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, AUSTIN PLANNING, HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, AND AUSTIN CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. UH, EVERYBODY LISTED HERE HAS BEEN, UM, WE'VE BEEN IN MEETINGS WITH, THEY'RE AWARE OF, OF WHAT OUR GOAL IS. EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE'VE COLLAB, COLLABORATED WITH EVERYBODY ON, UH, THIS'S LISTED HERE. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. UM, I GUESS WE CAN GO TO MOSES AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT. THAT SOUNDS GREAT, PLEASE. I'M WAITING FOR THE SLIDE THERE. IT'S, MY NAME IS MOSES RODRIGUEZ. I AM A CODE OFFICE CODE SUPERVISOR FOR NORTH CENTRAL. I'VE BEEN, UH, LAST THREE CYCLES I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE IPMC, I HAVE PRESENTED TO, TO Y'ALL. I THINK DEIDRICH DID THE LAST ONE, THE 24. UH, I I DID THE 24, THE 15. UM, BUT BEFORE THAT WE HAD ADOPTED THE, THE 12, UM, BUT WE'RE MAKING HERE AN AMENDMENT. SO TO THE 24. UH, NEXT SLIDE. UH, PURPOSE FOR THIS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED 2024 IPMC AMENDMENT FOR EMERGENCY DE DEMOLITIONS. NEXT SLIDE. THE CITY OF AUSTIN ADOPTED THE INTERNATIONAL, UH, CODE COUNCIL, UH, TO 2024 IPMC WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS. THE AUSTIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICE ESTABLISHED AND INTERNAL AMENDMENT COMMITTED TO DRAFT ADDITIONAL LOCAL AMENDMENTS TO THE IPMC FOR AN EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICE. AND THE CITY WILL BE EXPANDING PROCEDURES FOR THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION INVOLVING BUILDINGS THAT SUSTAIN CATA DAMAGE, POSE AN IMMINENT DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE TO STRESS OUT, POSE AN IMMINENT DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS, OF THIS, UM, AMENDMENT FOR IT. THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, AS Y'ALL CAN SEE, AIMS TO PROTECT PUBLIC LIFE AND SAFETY WHEN UNSAFE STRUCTURES POSE AND EMIT DANGER, THREAT, OR DANGER. UH, ALL THIS IS GIVEN TO US THROUGH THE POWER OF CHAPTER 12, WHICH COVERS EMERGENCY DEMOLITION AND THAT'S WHERE THAT AMENDMENT WILL, WILL BE ADDED IN THE IPMC. UH, NEXT SLIDE. THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE 2024 IPMC. THE FOLLOWING WILL BE ADDRESSED IN CHAPTER 12. UH, EMERGENCY DEMOLITION. I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF, DIDN'T I? THIS CHAPTER DOES NOT APPLY TO OCCUPIED STRUCTURES. THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WILL IMPLEMENT, ADMINISTRATE AND ENFORCE THIS CHAPTER. THE PROCESS WILL INCLUDE PLAING AND INTERNAL REVIEW PRIOR TO ANY EMERGENCY DEMOLITION. EMERGENCY DEMOLITION WILL BEGIN NO LATER, 96 HOURS AFTER THE ORDER TO DEMO DEMOLISH IS ISSUED. AND THE NEXT SLIDE SAYS, SHOWS THE TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN, UH, EX UH, HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH. UH, TODAY WAS PRESENTED AT ONE 30 TO THE FIRE BOARD. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO. WE PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO THEM. UH, YESTERDAY WE HAD SOME STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, UH, AND WE PRESENTED IT. AND IT'S COMING TO Y'ALL TONIGHT. AND IF IT GOES WELL, IT'LL BE GOING TO COUNCIL, I BELIEVE OCTOBER 8TH. UH, ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAVE? UH, HOW WAS IT RECEIVED BY FIRE? BY THE FIRE BOARD? I THINK TESTING. OKAY. UH, I THINK, WELL, I MEAN, THEY WERE, IT, THEY, WE WEREN'T ASKING THEM FOR ACTION 'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T TAKING ANY ACTION. IT WAS JUST A MORE OF A COURTESY. FYI, HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING KIND OF THING. UM, UM, BUT THEY WERE INQUISITIVE. THEY HAD A COUPLE LITTLE CONCERNS, BUT, UM, THEY WERE, THEY WERE HAPPY WITH IT. I, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. YEAH. FIRST ON THE DEFINITION OF AN OCCUPIED STRUCTURE, DOES THAT MEAN LIKE HOMESTEAD OR IF THERE ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, HOMELESS PEOPLE IN AN, UH, YOU KNOW, DILAPIDATED HOUSE? SORT OF, YEAH. COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE ON WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS? IT'D BE MORE LIKE VACANT AND ABANDONED. YEAH. OKAY. STRUCTURES. OKAY. BUT, SO IF, IF HOMELESS PEOPLE WERE TO MOVE IN SOMEWHERE, IS THAT, WOULD THAT STILL QUALIFY AS A PLACE THAT YOU COULD DEMOLISH UNDER THIS ORDER OR NO? UM, I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO MOVE INTO SOMETHING THAT'S ABOUT TO FALL OVER. BUT I MEAN, WE WOULD PROBABLY, IF, WELL, WE WOULD IN, UH, GET THE HOMELESS STRATEGY OFFICE INVOLVED. RIGHT. THAT'S ONE OF THE, OUR MAIN PARTNERS [02:10:01] IN THIS. UM, WE'D OBVIOUSLY, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH THEM AND THEY CAN USUALLY TALK TO THOSE PEOPLE, HELP THOSE PEOPLE GET THEM TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO TYPE THING. SO WE WOULD RELY HEAVILY ON THEM IN THAT SITUATION. OKAY. AND WE ALREADY DO THAT ALREADY EVERY DAY? YES. THAT'S AN EVERYDAY THING. HOMELESS CAMPS VACANT IN BUILDINGS. WE, WE ALREADY RELY ON THEM. WE HAVE A, A, A POLICY 1 0 8 THAT WE ALREADY SENT AN EMAIL, SO WE WOULD, IF THEY WOULD MOVE INTO THIS ONE, YES, WE WOULD INCLUDE THEM ALSO. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN SECOND, I DID HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON STATS FROM OTHER CITIES THAT, THAT USE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE. LIKE HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU EXPECT THIS TO BE USED IN AUSTIN AND HOW, HOW OFTEN IS IT USED IN OTHER CITIES AROUND TEXAS? IT'S, WE'VE GOTTEN VARIOUS STATS, IF YOU WILL. I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE ONE CITY USES IT A BUNCH, RIGHT? BUT, UM, OUR, OURS IS MORE, WE, IT WOULD BE A UNICORN TYPE SITUATION. LIKE, IT'D BE VERY RARE THAT THIS HAPPENS. I MEAN, SOMETHING THAT TO THIS MAG, I MEAN, Y'ALL HAVE SEEN, UH, THE BUILDINGS THAT WE LOOK AT, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE BAD. UM, PROBABLY NOT GONNA FALL OVER AND KILL ANYBODY. SO IT'S RARE THAT WE GET THAT, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR WHEN WE DO. HAS THERE BEEN A SITUATION IN THE LAST LIKE 10 YEARS WHERE YOU THINK YOU'VE NEEDED PROBABLY IN THE LAST 10? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY IN THE LAST FIVE. OKAY. YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, AUSTIN IS AGING. YEAH. STRUCTURES ARE AGING. IT'S COMING. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . CAN WE TAKE FOR EXAMPLE, UM, MR. THURMAN'S, UM, NEIGHBOR THAT THE FIRE WAS PERHAPS A WHILE AGO AND IT'S NOW BECOME IMMINENT DANGER. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER OR IS THAT, UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR, FAMILIAR WITH THAT STRUCTURE, BUT IT'S NOT, IT WOULDN'T BE UP TO ME ANYWAY. IT'D BE THE SPECIALIZED, DANGEROUS PREMISE TEAM, UH, CONSISTING OF ENGINEERS, BUILDING OFFICIAL, UH, CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIALS, ALL THOSE HIGH LEVEL, UH, ASSESSMENT, UH, BEING PERFORMED. SO THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT SPECIFIC STRUCTURE AND MAKE THAT CALL. WHAT DOES THAT START WITH? A 3 1 1 CALL? OH YEAH. IT WOULD START WITH A COMPLAINT OR, I MEAN, IF A, IF A, UM, CODE OFFICER'S DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THEY SEE IT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GONNA WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO CALL IT IN THREE ONE ONE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE BLINDERS ON. SO IT COULD START LIKE THAT, BUT MORE THAN LIKELY, YES, IT WOULD EITHER START WITH A 3 1 1 OR WE WOULD GET IT FROM FIRE. UH, THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD LET US KNOW WHEN THEY RELEASED THE SCENE TO US, UH, HOW BAD THIS IS. AND, AND THEN WE'D TAKE IT OVER AND, AND IF IT WAS A CANDIDATE, WE WOULD START THE, THE PROCESS. AND, AND WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? HOW WOULD IT ESCALATE TO THAT LEVEL? IT WOULD ESCALATE WITH THE INSPECTOR, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING THAT THIS IS REALLY BAD. IT'S BAD ENOUGH TO WHERE I NEED TO GET MY SUPERVISOR, MY CHAIN OF COMMAND INVOLVED, AND THEN PULL THIS PULL THIS TEAM TOGETHER, CORRECT. YEAH. AND THEN, AND THEN THEY WOULD OBVIOUSLY ALERT THE DANGEROUS PERMITS TEAM TO COME OUT AND MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT. AND TO COMMISSIONER GARZA'S POINT QUESTION, DOES MR. THURMAN'S NEIGHBOR, DOES THAT PROPERTY FALL WITHIN THAT RANGE, OR, I DON'T KNOW. I, I DON'T, I HAVEN'T EVEN, I'VE NOT SEEN THAT PROPERTY. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT. BUT HE WOULD FILE A COMPLAINT, CALL 3 1 1, SOMEBODY WOULD GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THAT, AND THAT INSPECTOR WOULD SAY, THIS IS REALLY BAD. YES, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD PULL THE TEAM TOGETHER. CORRECT. AND WHO MAKES THAT DECISION? IF YOU PULL THE TEAM TOGETHER? UM, THE CHAIN OF LIKE SUPERVISORS AND D AND DIVISION MANAGERS. OKAY. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE AN ENGINEER ON, ON CONTRACT, SO WE'LL GET HIS ASSESSMENT ALSO. UH, WE WOULD JUST, HI, WE HIRE HIM, HE'S ON THE CONTRACT, AND WE WOULD ASK HIM FOR HIS STRICT, STRICT OPINION ON, ON THIS STRUCTURE ITSELF. UH, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO IT ACROSS THE BOARD. WE, WE, WE WOULD DO IT FOR SOME SIMILAR PROPERTY LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS FOR IMMINENT DANGER TO THE PUBLIC. IT ISN'T NECESSARILY A, A HOUSE THAT'S CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNED DOWN AND THERE'S, IT'S A MESS, BUT IT'S NOT AN IMMINENT DANGER. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU GUYS MENTIONED, UM, THERE'S ONE CITY THAT DOES IT A LOT. WHICH CITY IS THAT? IS THAT IS, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT BY WHAT, WHAT? I THINK WE WOULD BE DOING IT RIGHT, BUT YEAH, IT, I'M, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA CALL 'EM OUT LIKE THAT. OKAY. DALLAS, NO. . THAT'S WHERE I'M FROM. SORRY. THE, UH, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS LIKE YOU, SO YOU'RE, THE WAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, YOUR, THE, OUR VERSION OF THIS EMERGENCY DEMO ORDINANCE IS GONNA BE NARROWER THAN OTHER THINGS. CORRECT? IT'S GONNA BE PRESCRIBED. I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THIS. WE ARE FEARFUL THAT THIS IS GOING TO HARM SOMEBODY CAUSE YOU KNOW MM-HMM . INJURY, DEATH. YEAH. THAT TYPE OF THING. SO LIKE COMMISSIONER [02:15:01] MUSSER WAS SAYING, NOT MESSES WE'RE TALKING, FALLING OVER. RIGHT. OKAY. CORRECT. AND TO CONTINUE THE CHAIN OF THOUGHT THAT THE CHAIR WAS ON, WHEN YOU GUYS GO IN THERE, DECIDE TO DEMO, THE EXTENSIVE DEMO IS DECIDED BY THAT COMMITTEE? OR IS IT LIKE YOU GO AND TAKE THE ENTIRE THING DOWN? UM, I MEAN, IT COULD BE A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF IT WAS, UH, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE THINGS UP HERE, LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX BUILDING THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, 20 UNITS AND JUST THIS ONE PART IS REALLY, REALLY BAD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEMO THE WHOLE THING. RIGHT. SO, UH, IT COULD BE A PORTION OF SOMETHING, NOT JUST THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. IS THAT WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS? THAT THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. THE, I HEARD THERE WAS AN ENGINEER, SO THE ENGINEER WOULD PROBABLY DO AN ANALYSIS AND SAY, RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT MM-HMM . YOU PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE DOWN. SO YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT, IF IN THE CASE OF THE PROPERTY WE TALK ABOUT THAT BURN BY FIRE, YOU MAY NOT TAKE THE ENTIRE HOUSE DOWN. CORRECT. YOU MAY PUT DEMO WITH A PORTION OF IT. THAT'S RIGHT. I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNSEL. I, I, AT THE MOMENT, I'M NOT CONCERNED, OVERLY CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD BE ABUSED OR, OR THAT WE'D START TEARING DOWN A BUNCH OF HOUSES THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD, SHOULD STILL BE STANDING. BUT IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEHOW THIS POWER IS NOW BEING USED ACROSS A TON OF HOUSES, THAT, THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE DEMOLISHING. LIKE WHAT, WHAT PROCEDURES OR SORT OF OPTIONS WOULD THE COMMISSION HAVE OR THE CITY HAVE TO MAYBE PUT A, A PAUSE OR SORT OF A MORATORIUM ON USING THIS PROCESS IN CASE SORT OF THINGS GO AWRY? UH, CERTAINLY CONCERNS COULD BE RAISED TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, TO REQUEST EITHER A REEVALUATION OF THE ORDINANCE OR A REEVALUATION OF PROCEDURES. UM, CERTAINLY A, A REQUEST COULD ALSO BE MADE, UH, TO THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, WHO IS MR. KEITH MARS? UH, BECAUSE CODE COMPLIANCE DOES FALL UNDER THE PURVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UM, AND SO CERTAINLY IT WOULD, IT WOULD INVOLVE REACHING OUT TO THE DIRECTOR, UM, OF DSD TO EXPRESS CONCERNS. UM, BUT IF THERE WERE CONCERNS HELD BY THE COMMISSION, UH, THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE, THEN CERTAINLY WE COULD, WE COULD RETURN AND, AND REEVALUATE THAT. THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL. I, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF, IF WE WERE TO USE THIS PROCESS, IS THERE LIKE A GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE, THE BOARD AND THAT WE'D ALL BE AWARE, LIKE, IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY, WILL YOU BE PRESENTING THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING? AND I JUST WANNA SEE IF THERE'S ANY PROCESSES LIKE THAT. ARE YOU ASKING IF THERE IS A CANDIDATE FOR EMERGENCY DEMOLITION THAT WE WOULD COME TO YOU? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? OR, OR, OR LIKE, JUST AFTER THE FACT, THAT FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SORT OF MONITOR THE PROCESS, FOR EXAMPLE. LIKE WE MAY BE LOOKING INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. YEAH. UH, WE, WE MIGHT BE, I, I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT THAT COULD BE A THING. WE, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY. BUT THERE'S ALSO, I MEAN, IF, IF THE OWNER REALLY WANTED TO STOP THIS FROM HAVING A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER, YOU KNOW, IF THEY FILED THAT, THAT COULD, THAT WOULD HALT US FOR A SEC, YOU KNOW, UNTIL WE DEALT WITH THAT. SO, UM, THERE'S WAYS, BUT YEAH, THERE'S NO APPEAL PROCESS RIGHT OFF THE BAT, UH, OR AT LEAST DURING THIS NINE, SIX HOUR PERIOD. RIGHT. MY MY, YEAH. MY QUESTION WAS MORE JUST SUPERVISORY ROLE IN TERMS OF IF WE LIKE PUT A PAUSE TO THIS PROCESS NOW, NOT LIKE WITHIN THE 96 HOUR PERIOD. RIGHT. BUT JUST FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IF OUR SAID BE DEMOLISHED HOMES AND WE'RE SOMEHOW UNAWARE THAT'S HAPPENING SORT OF OUTSIDE OF, OF THE BOARD ITSELF. I, I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER BROWN IS ASKING FOR IS CAN WE MAKE THIS A STAFF BRIEFING AFTER THE FACT? OH, IF YOU GO THROUGH ONE OF THESE YEAH. JUST TO KEEP THE COMMISSION INFORMED. DEFINITELY. THAT MAKE SENSE? WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND LET ME STRESS HARRISON, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, IT'S IMMINENT DANGER. SO WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE ACTION VERY FAST. THE NORMAL ROUTE, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 21 YEARS IS THE SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING A MINUTE BECAUSE WE NEED IT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE ASKING FOR Y'ALL. UH, IT'S, AND, AND I GUESS THEY CAN DO THE BRIEFING LATER, BUT AS, AS SONYA HAS ALWAYS TOLD US, AND IF IT, IF WE WAIT A WEEK OR TWO, THEN THEY CAN ALWAYS CONTEST US, WHY DID YOU WAIT? YOU KNOW, THEN IT WASN'T IMMINENT. IT IS IMMINENT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. YEAH. THIS IS EFFECTIVELY JUST A TOOL FOR YOU TO USE IF YOU NEED IT AND YOU DON'T NECESSARILY EXPECT TO USE IT. RIGHT. WE DON'T WANT TO USE IT . WE WANT THEM TO, WE WANT COMPLIANCE AT THE END OF THE DAY. OF COURSE. I JUST WANNA ADD TO WHAT MY NAME IS TRACY ALLEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH DSD. I JUST WANNA ADD THE, THE PASSION BEHIND MOSES'S, UH, STATEMENT. AGAIN, THIS IS A UNICORN, THIS IS AN ANOMALY. WE DON'T FORESEE THIS TO HAPPEN. LIKE YOU GUYS SEE US [02:20:01] COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT DEMOLISHING SOMEONE'S HOME. THIS IS IMMINENT DANGER. THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE TO COME TO NOBODY BUT TO, TO ATTACK THE SITUATION, THE INCIDENT AT HAND. UH, WE WANT THE CITY TO BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. WE DON'T WANT TO EVER PUT THE CITIZENS, THE COMMUNITY, OR THE CITY AT RISK THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE. OUR SISTER CITIES HAVE PLANS IN PLACE. THEY'VE BEEN HAVING PLANS IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE'RE NOW JUST GETTING ATTUNED TO IT. UH, WE CAN'T COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES. WE REACHED OUT AND WE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, BUT WE CAN'T COMPARE BECAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT THAN US. SO WHEN YOU ASK, WELL, HOW MANY SAN ANTONIO, DALLAS, HOUSTON, THEY ARE WAY BIGGER AND WAY THEY'VE BEEN HAVING THEIR PROCESS IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PREPARE THE CITY JUST IN CASE IF THIS HAPPENS, WE DO NOT WANT TO SAY, OOPS, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, AND HERE COME US LOOKING LIKE WE DON'T CARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU. SO LAST, UM, QUESTION. HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE ASBESTOS AND LEAD? OH, WELL, UH, THE STATE HAS WHAT'S CALLED A DEMO IN PLACE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT 48 HOUR NOTICE IS. RIGHT? OKAY. AND SO THEY, THEY, A DEMO IN PLACE IS A STRUCTURE THAT YOU CAN'T TAKE SAMPLES BECAUSE IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. RIGHT. UM, SO THEY ALLOW YOU TO DEMOLISH IT. OKAY. SO THERE IS A, THERE'S A TOOL, BUT THEY LOOK AT IT AS IT'S RIDDLED WITH LEAD AND ASBESTOS, WHETHER IT IS OR IT ISN'T. SO THEY TREAT THE DEMOLITION LIKE IT DOES HAVE ASBESTOS. RIGHT. RIGHT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO TAKE THAT MATERIAL TO A SPECIAL, UM, LANDFILL, WHICH LITTLE BIT HIGHER COST. ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYTHING JUST GOT MORE EXPENSIVE. YEAH, YEAH. LIKE THE LITTLE HOUSE, THAT ASBESTOS SITE. YEAH. IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM. ONE PIECE. YEAH. DOESN'T TAKE MUCH. OKAY. UM, SO WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT IS STAFF ASKING US TO DO? ASKING FOR A MOTION RECOMMEND. RIGHT. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION BEFORE US MOTION, OR YOU'RE GONNA BE MAKING A MOTION? UM, JAMES, YOU WANNA TELL HER, TELL HIM YOU, WE PASSED OUT MOTION SHEETS. UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE THEM. YES. YEP. SO YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION ON AN, ON AN AMENDMENT OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS YOU WANT IT OR IN SUPPORT OF THE AMENDMENT OR NOT. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT THE MOTION, I DON'T HAVE ONE IN FRONT OF ME. SO YES, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU LOOK IN YOUR BACKUP, THERE SHOULD BE A, A MOTION SHEET WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL. ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU ARE, UH, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. SO IT'S, UH, SO ULTIMATELY COUNSEL WILL BE THE ONES TO MAKE, TO TAKE FINAL ACTION ON WHETHER TO ADOPT, UH, AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICE. AND SO ALL YOU ALL ARE DOING TONIGHT, UH, IN CODE, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT FOR ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE OR TO THE CITY'S PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, UH, THAT IT FIRST COME BEFORE THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. AND SO YOU ALL WILL BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO APPRO TO EITHER APPROVE, UH, THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UH, SO THAT COUNSEL CAN CONSIDER YOU ALL CAN ALSO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF FEEDBACK. OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL BELIEVE COUNSEL SHOULD TAKE INTO FURTHER CONSIDERATION BASED ON THE TESTIMONY YOU HEARD THIS EVENING. UH, BUT AGAIN, THERE, THERE IS A MOTION SHEET IN THE BACKUP WITH SOME OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SONYA. WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION ACTUALLY. GO AHEAD. UM, WE DIDN'T DISCUSS, DISCUSS COST. WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM? WHO'S IN CHARGE? WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? WE'RE ACTUALLY REVIEWING COST RECOVERY RIGHT NOW, WHETHER WE ARE OR ARE NOT FOR IT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WORKING THE THAT OUT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO THIS AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION WOULD NOT, DOES THAT INCLUDE, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE AS FAR AS THIS ADDITIONAL COST BEING? IT DOESN'T INCLUDE A COST RECOVERY RIGHT NOW. OKAY. ONE MORE QUESTION. IS THE ACTUAL AMENDMENT IN HERE? IS, ARE WE, IS IT, IS THIS SAYING CHAPTER 12 IS ALREADY ADOPTED AND WE'RE [02:25:01] JUST MAKING THESE CHANGES? OR IS IT JUST, JUST SAYING YOU, I'M GOOD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION THAT YOU PROVIDED. GO AHEAD, SOYA. IF I MAY ANSWER. SO THE, THE CHAPTER 12, UM, AS MOSES HAD GONE THROUGH IN HIS PRESENTATION, UH, THAT WOULD BE THE NEW CHAPTER TO BE ADOPTED. SO CURRENTLY THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED. ARE WE DONE ASKING QUESTIONS? I THINK SO, UNLESS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS MORE QUESTIONS. ARE YOU GOOD? EVERYBODY GOOD? ALRIGHT. WELL, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE. I MOVE TO APPROVE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THE PROPOSED EMERGENCY DEMOLITION SERVICE AMENDMENT TO 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE. WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES, THERE WILL BE A MANDATORY BRIEFING, UH, TO THE BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION AT THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING FOLLOWING, UH, ANY USE OF THIS PROCEDURE. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BROWN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARZA. ARE WE READY FOR A VOTE? DO WE HAVE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER NAYER? AYE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? AYE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AYE. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ NAY. COMMISSIONER GILKER. AYE. COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. AYE. AND CHAIR VOTES. AYE. SO THE MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVE TO ADJOURN. UH, BEFORE WE DO THAT, I HAD A [FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ] QUESTION EARLIER ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. COMMISSIONER NA? YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER, I WANT TO BRING BACK 6,700 BRANCHWOOD DRIVE CASE THAT WAS BROUGHT ONCE BEFORE. I JUST WANT TO GET AN UPDATE AGAIN FOR THE NEXT MEETING. COULD WE BRING THAT BACK UP? SORRY, WHAT? OH, BRANCHWOOD 6,700 BRANCHWOOD DRIVE. I, I WOULD LIKE AN UPDATE ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW THE CASE NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON IT. WELL, WE'D LIKE FOR, FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, CAN WE GET A STAFF BRIEFING? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. UM, ALSO, DUVAL WILL BE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM NOW. UM, 48 0 7 DUVAL WILL RETURN AT THE, UH, OCTOBER REGULAR MEETING. YES. AT THE REQUEST OF MS. ALEXANDER, I'D LIKE TO ALSO BRING, UM, UP TO 12 DUNLAP, UH, A STAFF BRIEFING OR, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN DO A STAFF BRIEFING. UM, I'D LIKE TO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD START. STAFF BRIEFING AND THEN GO FROM, GO FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARZA SPEC. UH, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TOM LOVICH. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. FOR ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.