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Minutes of the January 9, 2004 Meeting
President Brett
Hale called the
meeting to order at 10:15 a.m. at the Sunset Whitney Oaks Golf Club in
Rocklin. Following the flag salute
and self-introductions, host Pete Guisasola of Rocklin welcomed all.
Treasurer’s
Report:
Larry Leonard
The
Treasurer’s Report was approved as submitted.
Committee
Reports: Brett Hale
asked each committee chair to summarize their 2003 achievements and report on
the direction of the committees for the upcoming year.
Education
Committee:
Becky Fraser reviewed
the success of the classes presented over the 2003 year.
She talked about the new student program implemented last year and the
scholarship recipients.
Becky introduced and thanked Rick Renfro for his acceptance of co-chair
seat for the upcoming year.
The education committee will focus on continued technical training as
well as providing training on interpersonal skills.
Rick
Swensen reported on the Inspector’s Training program and expressed that while
some of the training classes were extremely successful others lacked in
participation. Discussion of the program concluded and the committee will review
the needs and possibly limit the number of classes each year The January Simpson
class was well attended and will repeat on
Feb.
12, 2004 in Stockton.
Upcoming
classes include Residential Accessibility and “Double your Effectiveness”.
Residential Accessibility will be taught by Robert Keefe at Woodcreek in
Roseville on Feb 4th and 5th.
Jan Hargrave will present “Double your Effectiveness” in March.
Becky thanked Charleen Faggella for her
outstanding assistance in making sure educational classes were a success.
The
next Education committee meeting is February 18th at
2
p.m. in Roseville.
Plan
Review/CRDC:
Larry Leonard provided an overview of the committees work for 2003.
He thanked the members for their increased participation.
Larry reported that the committee began the year by establishing a
purpose and clear direction for plan check.
This included review of the intent and written code language to determine
clarity. Recommendations were then
forwarded to the CRDC committee for code changes.
The committee’s direction was to provide interpretation and consistency
for plan review questions. Coordination
with the CRDC committee was also established.
Larry
introduced the new the Plan Check Committee Chair, Mark
Wood, and
thanked him for his acceptance of the seat. The meetings will take place at new
City of Sacramento permit center in Natomas.
The meetings will continue to be held on the last Wednesday of the month
and start at 12
noon and the
next meeting will be on January 28th. Mark stated that the committee would
continue procedures established in 2003. Changes will include providing minutes
of their meetings and forwarding a topic to appear on the association’s agenda
for open discussion.
Kevin
Reinertson, chair of CRDC, spoke on the difficulty the committee faced due to
the affairs of the State. No code
changes were purposed at this time. Kevin
and Larry attended the ICC code hearings in September.
The committee will take on a new direction this year and will focus on
state issues. The meeting location
and times for CRDC have been changed. They
will follow the Building Standard Commission meetings and will be located in
Kevin’s office at HCD. Kevin
stated they would be looking at several assembly bills that impact our
profession. Kevin followed up with
an update on the last Building Standards Commission meeting regarding Pex pipe
and completion dates submitted by state work groups for the amendments to the
NFPA codes.
Brett Hale interjected that a table will be included with the
monthly minutes to keep all members abreast of state committee and commission
meetings and effective dates relating to codes and assembly bills.
Brett stated that increased attendance to these meetings are critical and
that the Association submitted three letters to the State relating to the NFPA
code adoption and open commission seats. Copies of the letters were available
for review.
Event
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Status
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HCD,
DSA, SFM Agency Adoption process
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Agencies are
continuing the amendment process of the nfpa 5000 and nfpa 1.
HCD is also in the process of amending the IRC with an anticipated public
focus group meeting February 19th
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CBSC
proposed CBC effective date
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Undetermined
(see item 5 below)
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Proposed
Effective date of CEC, CPC, CMC
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Undetermined
(Proposals originally submitted to the CBSC 10/24/03 for the CPC and CMC
have been pulled back by most if not all of the State Agencies due to
executive order S-2-03 form the Governors office).
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Any
training or publishing proposed
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None
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Upcoming
meetings of critical importance and why
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CBSC proposed
meeting dates.
March 18 (we may find out more about proposed timelines for code adoption)
May 12, July 21, September 15, November 18
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Status
of 11A rewrite
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The first draft
of the rewrite has been sent out (1/15/04) to the focus group and other
interested parties for review and comment. The next meeting scheduled is
February 9th and 10th to review the entire chapter with the focus group.
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CALBO:
Doug Hoffner reminded everyone about the upcoming CALBO ABM in Long Beach
in March. Doug said that CALBO has
been actively participating in the affairs of the State.
Recently they met with the State Consumers Services Secretary relaying
concerns of the actions taken by the CBSC.
Patti
Habel, with ICC, emphasized that they are optimistic in that the commission may
be revisiting the current code adoption that took place earlier this year.
Doug
also announced that CALBO is planning a regional meeting on Tuesday Feb. 4th
from 10 to 12 at the City of Roseville Civic Center, Public Conference Room.
Program:
PRESIDENTS’
MESSAGE:
Brett Hale
began his address by speaking on building a partnership with the Sacramento
Valley Fire Marshall Assoc. Becky
Fraser will be the association’s liaison and encouraged members to attend
their meetings when in their area. The
membership agreed to retain a membership in the Fire Marshall’s association.
Brett
reported that Associations membership was up last year through the efforts of
our outreach program and that we should strive to become involved in other
related professional organizations. Larry Leonard volunteered to be the new
liaison to AIA meetings. Dennis, with the City of
Sacramento,
volunteered to be the new Sargent of Arms.
The
development of the Master Plan policy has been tabled at this time pending
further industry requests. Brett stated that the association would continue to
support the adoption of the I codes in California through letters and attendance
at the BSC meetings.
Keeping
with the SWAT analysis, Brett had each table complete the questionnaire for
feedback on hot topics, education and suggestions by the members. Brett talked
about the meeting calendar and stated that the meetings will now conclude by 12
p.m. in keeping
with the direction started last year and requests from members on improving the
meetings. Also, in keeping with the
goals of the association we will begin a public outreach program.
Rick Reid is taking the lead in putting together information on local
newspaper contacts and available outreach information to assist jurisdictions in
promoting safety and the importance of the Building Department’s duties.
Brett
indicated that OMG is has been having a lot of problems with e-mails hitting firewalls.
If you do not receive the minutes regularly please contact your IS
department or request to be moved to regular mailings
Old
Business:
None
New
Business:
Elmer
Larsen had the SVABO historical book available for members.
Dan Larsen will be our new historian due to the relocation of Elmer.Phill
Schrock, with the City of Lodi, requested input on educational class topics for
the upcoming annual electrical meeting for CEI in Tahoe. Phill can be reached at
(209) 333-6714 or at plsbldg@lodi.gov
Next
Meeting: The next meeting will be on February 13th in Davis
at the Sudwerk Restaurant, 2001 2nd Street.
The program will be “Special Inspection” presented by Youngdahl and
Associates.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at noon with lunch afterwards.
Respectfully submitted.
Becky
Fraser
Secretary
Links:
Newspaper Contact list
Fire Marshall Association meeting minutes and 2004 schedule
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