Minutes of the February 14, 2003 Meeting 
President Mike Rodriguez called the meeting to order at 10:07 a.m. at the Sudwerk Restaurant in Davis.  Following the flag salute and self-introductions, host Carl Hefner, substituting for Mark Wood, welcomed all. 

The January 10, 2003 minutes were approved.

 Treasurer’s Report:  Approved as submitted.

The treasurer’s report was approved as submitted.  Tom Trimberger also reported that, due to some confusion regarding our non-profit status, we haven’t filed an income tax report in several years, we don’t owe any tax but the IRS is assessing non filing penalties adding up to about $8,000.00  We are having our accountant write a letter to the IRS asking to be excused from the penalties.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Education:   Becky Fraser reported that 76 people attended the recent Load Path class.  The next class is Electrical with Bill Clark on March 26^th and 27^{th. .}  The first day will be residential updates and the second day is geared more to commercial.  September and December classes are still pending.  The next meeting of the Education Committee is March 13^th at 2 p.m. in Roseville.

Plan Review/CRDC:  Larry Leonard and Kevin Reinertson reported that14 people attended the Jan. 29^th meeting.  Their emphasis is to get things on track and set a goal for the committee as a group.  They intend to circulate topics by e-mail among the group and bring them back to the committee for prioritization.  They intend to look at a code section to determine the meaning of the language and then try to make the meaning more clear by making recommendations to add or modify language.  These issues will then be passed to the CRDC who will look at those sections as they relate to the ICC and possibly recommend changes to ICC.   The next meeting is March 26^th  in Roseville.  Plan Review meets at noon and CRDC meets at 2:30.  E-mail Larry at lleonard@roseville.ca.us if you are interested in participating.

CALBO:  Pete Guisasola reported that Calbo is promoting the 2-2-2 family of codes for California.  This translates to support for the IBC and IRC, the UPC and UMC, and the NEC and whichever fire code the fire officials prefer. Pete represents CALBO on the California League of Cities Housing and Economic Development Committee and says that the League of Cities is now interested in the code adoption process because they see this as an issue of local control in government.  At a recent meeting of the committee, presentations were made by CALBO, NFPA, ICC and the Fire Chiefs Representative.  The makeup of the committee includes mayors and other local representatives who are focused on promoting and preserving local control.  The next committee meeting will see a vote on this issue and a recommendation that will go forward to the main body of the League of Cities.  CALBO is also contacting CSAC, the California Counties support organization, with the same intent of promoting the 2-2-2 family of codes.

Of particular importance is the need for all of us to be in touch with our local officials.  To help us through this process, Tom Trimberger will get CALBO’s “talking points” and has forwarded supporting information (Comparison of NFPA and ICC from the Oregon State Fire Marshall’s Office and a Comparison of the NFPA and the IRC prepared by the California Building Industry Association) to OMG for posting to our Web site. Pete ended his report with “GET INVOLVED”.

Ken Welch reminded everyone that Tom Trimberger is running for the CALBO Board and urged the Association to support Tom’s effort at the ABM with a hospitality suite, flyers, etc.  Pete reminded everyone that Tom has spent years working with the many facets of CALBO, including CTI, the CEC Committee and the Building Standards Code Advisory Committee. Mike Rodriguez assured everyone that plans are well underway to promote Tom’s election including hosting a hospitality suite.  Mike asked for a motion of support for taking these steps from the membership and received a unanimous vote of approval.

CEC:  Elaine Hebert reported that, while the California Energy Commission has been targeting 2005 for their next energy code adoption, there is some uncertainty as to whether they will remain on track for this date or try to coordinate with a Building Standards Commission code adoption if it were to slip to 2006.  Additionally, the CEC considers their recent, all-day training presentation over the Internet to be a huge success.  Several members also reported that their employees benefited from this excellent program.  Training opportunities by CEC staff are also available to individual jurisdictions or groups of jurisdictions.

Elaine also reported that State budget restrictions have resulted in support for her future attendance at Association meetings is being withdrawn.  The Association voted unanimously to send a letter to Valerie Hall, Elaine’s division chief, requesting that support for Elaine’s continued attendance be reinstated.  Elaine is a very valuable member of our team and her reports on energy issues including codes and training are vital.

HCD:  Kevin Reinertson says the rewrite of Chapter 11A is moving right along.  They are close to wrapping up the second of three phases.  On March 11, 2003 they should have the last parts ready and the completed rewrite should be available at the March 20, 2003 meeting.  They want it to go forward as part of the overall code change process, not as a supplement.

INDUSTRY REPORTS:

Craig Sarmento with Beutler Corporation reported their recent “HVAC 101 & EFL” workshop was very popular.  This was part of the Association’s free training for building department personnel and over 100 people attended the two-day event.  Craig also announced that their training facility at McClellan is available for use by the Association or individual groups.

The membership voted unanimously to send a letter of appreciation to Beutler Corporation thanking them and Craig for their contribution.

OLD BUSINESS:  Mike Rodriguez announced that the official Association Web site is now www.svabo.org.  He also recommended that new pins for the Association should be oval to match the new logo.  Dan Larsen agreed to get prices on various quantities and we will decide on what quantity to order next month.

Gene Paolini asked if we wanted the master plan sub-committee to continue since it appears there isn’t much support from the builders.  The Association decided to dissolve this sub-committee at this time.

Mike Stewart has provided us with the meeting schedule for the Norcal Fire Prevention Officers Association and a membership form.  Both are attached at the end of the minutes.

NEW BUSINESS:  Rick Reid with Simpson Strong Tie alerted the membership that the chemical used in the pressure treating of wood process is changing.  This could potentially affect the use of Simpson products on wood treated with the new chemical composition. Simpson is currently doing a lot of testing to insure that the materials will be compatible.

Tom Trimberger announced that he has researched the transition from ICBO to ICC regarding the availability of services, etc.  He finds that the Whittier office is still open for “business as usual”.  The ICBO Building Standards magazine will now be called the ICC Building Standards magazine but it is unclear if the Building Valuation Data table will continue to be included. A show of hands from the membership indicated that a number of jurisdictions rely on this table for their building permit fees.  The membership voted unanimously for the Association to send a letter requesting that they continue to include the table in their publication.

For those of you who also want to individually notify ICC of your concerns with the continuation of the valuation table, you can reach ICC at:

ICC Publications
            Mark Johnson, Vice-President of Publications
            5360 Workman Mill Road
            Whittier, California 90601-2298

PROGRAM:  Bruce Gunn presented a very thorough overview of his experiences with the September 2000 earthquake in Napa.

CODE DISCUSSION:  Ken Doyle with the City of El Grove had an issue with proper plumbing for Culligan water systems. Larry Leonard with the City of Roseville brought up an issue regarding labeling of stripped areas in handicapped parking. Dan Larsen indicated that there are a number of changes in disabled access since November 2002 and wants everyone to e-mail him ( dan@lp2a.com ) with issues or questions in this area to him so that he can take them forward at the CALBO ABM.. Pete Guisasola talked about requiring treated wood for the framing of decks.  Dave Purvis discussed the placement of a two-unit residential unit over a three-story office building.

NEXT MEETING:  The next meeting will be on March 7^th in Roseville at Woodcreek Oaks Golf Course.  This will be a joint meeting with fire officials and the program will be roundtable discussions on fire and life safety issues of common interest to both groups.

ADJOURNMENT:    The meeting was adjourned at approximately 1:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted.

Marianne Oliphant
Secretary

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