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Minutes of the February 9,
2008
Chapter Meeting
President Mark Wood called the meeting to order at the
Sudwerks Restaurant in
Davis. Student member Charles Mervica led the group in the
salute to our flag, self-introductions followed. We were welcomed to
Davis by SVABO President, Mark
Wood, City of Davis Building Official.
The January minutes were
approved as submitted.
Treasurer Report:
Treasure, Rick Swenson provided the treasures
report; the report was approved as submitted.
Secretary Report / No report:
Presidents Report:
President Wood
thanked those in attendance for coming. President Wood thanked Member Becky
Fraser of CSG Consultants for visiting the City of Davis and presenting a
three-hour program on the changes in the new Codes. He indicated that those in
attendance provided good feedback on the class and recommended that other
jurisdictions provide this type of training. President Wood indicated that CGS
and Becky are willing to provide this training to other jurisdiction and highly
recommended taking advantage of this offer.
Vice Presidents Report:
Vice-President, Bob Latz welcomed those in attendance. He thanked the members
that had renewed their memberships and welcomed new student members to the SVABO
membership. Bob indicated that there had been fourteen renewals of regular
members and five new student memberships. He thanked those members from Butte
College for attending and mentioned that Butte College students are looking for
ride-along opportunities.
Committee Reports:
Education
Committee:
Education Committee Chair, Becky Fraser provided the report. Becky discussed the
attendance at the January classes indicating that there were 140 students in
attendance each day. Becky indicated that the education committee is currently
developing the class schedule for 2008 which will include commercial plumbing
and mechanical classes, a wood-framing ICC class, use and occupancy ICC class as
well as others. Becky called for those that are interested in becoming members
of the education committee to come to the next meeting. The next meeting will be
March 5th at 11:30 at the SVABO office in Folsom.
Inspector Training Program:
Inspector Training Program Chair, Rick Walters provided the report. Rick
announced that the upcoming free training for the Energy Code was already full.
He said the committee is considering putting another class together because of
the interest in this one. Rick announced that the Inspector Breakfast Meeting is
held the first Tuesday of each month. The meeting on February 5th was
held in Lincoln and there were 20 in attendance representing thirteen
jurisdictions. Topic of discussion included a review of the upcoming free
training and recommendation for what types of training to have in 2008.
President Wood thanked Rick
for the work he has done with the program and indicated that the free inspector
breakfast program is an important part of what we do. He encouraged those in
attendance to send there people.
Code Development Committee:
Code Development Chair, Michael Vieira provided the report. Michael discussed
the possible two-thousand, two-hundred and fifty-one (2251) proposed Code
changes. He indicated that the committee focused on several of the code changes
and discussed the ones the committee thought were important to the Chapter.
Michael indicated that if anyone needed this information to email him. Michael
also indicated that there is a link on the ICC site where the proposed code
changes could be reviewed. Michael talked about some of the more important
proposed changes and recommended that the members review these items in greater
detail as there are many items that don’t make sense or require further review
or discussion. Michael indicated that there would be five from his group
attending the Code Hearings. President Wood asked for a show of hands for others
that may be attending. There were an additional five people that raised their
hands indicating they would be in attendance. President Wood extended an
invitation to students to get involved in the Code Development Committee.
Code Review Committee:
Code Review Committee Chair, Bob Stetson provided the report. Bob indicated that
the committee had been hard at work and there have been many folks in
attendance. He offered that if members wanted unofficial feedback from the
committee that the committee would be discussing this at their next meeting. He
welcomed discussion among plans examiners and inspectors involved with
interpretation. Bob indicated that the Yosemite Chapter would be sending a
member to their meeting on a regular basis. Bob indicated that there would be
several new issues this year and sited the most recent interest in soils
reports. He said the February question of the month deals with soils reports and
encouraged all jurisdictions to respond to the questions. He invited members to
come and visit the committee and be part of the code review process. The next
meeting is February 27, 2008 at 12:00 noon at the SVABO office in Folsom.
Scholarship Committee Chair:
Scholarship Committee Chair, Winfred Deleon provided the report. Winfred
indicated that the committee would be meeting to update the scholarship program
and asked the members that want to get involved to contact him. The next meeting
will be February 21st at 12:00pm at the SVABO office in Folsom.
Outreach Committee:
Outreach Committee Chair, Craig Sarmento provided the report. Craig indicated
that the committee is working on an upcoming project in Dixon where an elderly
lady had been taken advantage of by an unlicensed contractor. He indicted that
the home she lives in would need a great deal of repair and that the committee
is looking for volunteers to assist in preparing the project for the Licensed
Contractor that has been hired to make the renovations. Craig indicated that any
help from the membership is appreciated. Mike Rodriguez explained the background
of the project and indicated that it is a fun time and very rewarding to get
involved; it’s not all about the work.
CALBO Report:
CALBO President, Gene Paolini provided the report. Gene mentioned the CALBO ABM
coming up in March 17th through the 21st. Gene discussed
the Palm Springs Code Development Hearings and encouraged members to attend.
Gene talked about the CALBO Foundation and the project they participated in with
the San Diego Chapter. He said the project involved an Iraq War Veteran; the
Foundation was able to retrofit his new home for accessibility and was able to
upgrade various features in his home. Gene mentioned the legislative committee
and how they would be watching the new bills coming through. He encouraged the
membership to attend the leadership and advocacy day which is coming up April 29th
he said that this is an important event and it makes a difference that the
membership is there representing our organizations. Gene discussed the new
owner/builder form that the CALBO-CSLB Committee is working on and indicated
that the committee would be putting on a presentation at the ABM. He mentioned
that the Green Building Committee is working toward some green standards with
the Building Standards Commission. Gene made a call for members to sign up for
2008 Committees and mentioned a new committee; the Public Outreach Committee.
Gene mentioned how productive the committees have been this year in reaching
their goals. Gene reported that there are four Education Weeks in 2008 and
encouraged the membership to have their staff attend these events.
BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION (BSC)
Report:
Dave Walls, Executive Director for the Building Standards Commission provided
the report. Dave reported that the commission is working on green building
standards for California. He mentioned that the commission has put together a
focus group dedicated to developing this idea further and will soon be
developing the standards through their processes. Dave reported that the
Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) has been
working on the wind load issues of the new Codes. He mentioned that SEAONC has
put together some proposals for Code changes in this area indicting that this
may come up at the Code hearings. He indicated that there is discussion
regarding the adoption of the IRC in California possibly by the 2010 Codes. Dave
also mentioned that there have been many questions regarding the soils report
requirements of the new Code and that BSC has fielded many calls.
HCD Report:
President Wood provided the report on behalf of Doug Hensel indicating that
there would be an IRC focus group meeting on March 6th at the HCD
building at 1800 3rd Street, Sacramento.
League of Cities:
League Member Pete Guisasola provided the report. Pete indicated that one of the
things he is doing for the league is to get the word out on the Urban Wildland
Interface Code. He mentioned that if there are members having problems that he
is willing to assist them in getting answers.
CEC Report:
Chris Silvera of the California Energy Commission provided the report. Chris
discussed the Energy Commission Standards indicating that the State is not under
the 2008 standards yet but still under the 2005 standards. Chris discussed the
various changes in the upcoming Energy Code indicating that there would be many
new standards; the proposed effective date for the new standards is April 2009.
Chris indicated that the new standards are available on-line at the Energy
Commission Web site at www.energy.ca.gov. Chris
mentioned that the Commission is developing a new compliance and enforcement
division and that the division would be available to assist jurisdictions with
compliance issues.
ICC Report:
No Report
Past Presidents Report /
No Report
DSA /
No Report
SFM
/ No Report
SRFPOA
(Sacramento Regional Fire
Protection Officers Association) /No Report
Old Business /None
New Business:
Mark Wood indicated that he had been asked to provide letters of support for a
couple of members from the Chapter; Rick Renfro and Becky Fraser. Rick for
Second Vice President of CALBO and Becky for Election to the Board of Directors
for CALBO. The membership voted to provide letters of support for both members.
Announcements:
Mike Rodriguez indicated that the City of Dixon is extending its application for
a Chief Building Official.
President
Wood thanked all students in attendance by inviting them to the front and
presenting them with a Chapter lapel pin.
Dan Larsen
indicated that there is a new valuation threshold for disabled access provisions
of $119,958.69; this number is to be used to determine full compliance with
disabled access measures.
President
Wood mentioned that Rick Swenson is the Chapter Web Monitor and to contact Rick
if you have recommendations for the Web site.
Code Discussion /
None
Next Meeting:
President Wood announced that the next meeting will be held on March 14th
at the Dante Club, 2330 Fair Oaks Blvd,
Sacramento. Please
go to the SVABO Web site for more information and to RSVP.
Respectfully submitted,
Todd Cunningham
SVABO Secretary |
