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Minutes of the April 11,
2008
Chapter Meeting
President Mark Wood called the meeting to order at the
Woodland Community Center; the
salute to our flag and self-introductions followed. We were welcomed to Woodland
by Paul Siegel, Woodland Building Official.
The March
minutes were approved as submitted.
BOARD REPORTS:
Presidents Report:
Chapter
President, Mark Wood thanked those in attendance for coming. Mark discussed the
most recent board meeting focusing on the financial picture for the future. He
mentioned that the ABM had been a great expense and that the chapter must
provide for more educational opportunities in order to support the chapters
financial picture. Mark discussed the review and possible adoption of the IRC
and how important it is to get involved in the code development process. Mark
discussed that the only money besides the dues we collect is brought in by
education; he indicated that the education committee was working on ways to
provide more affordable and better training as well as more of it. He indicated
that the revenue goals for the next year will be a challenge and that the
chapter is working on new ideas to enhance the programs we offer. Mark invited
Education Committee Chair, Becky Fraser to briefly discuss the educational ideas
being discussed within the education committee.
Becky discussed the study
groups that are reviewing the IRC as well as other codes. She discussed the
importance of comments from stakeholders involved in the codes and emphasized
getting involved in the process. Becky asked for those that are interested to
contact her in order to get involved in this process and service with the study
group. She also discussed that anyone that wanted to make a comment could go
onto the HCD Web site to do so. Becky talked about the IRC and the development
process and took questions from the membership about the various aspects of the
IRC being adopted and how it may impact our work.
President Wood also
emphasized how important it is to be involved in this development process or it
will be driven by industry rather than by our members.
Vice
Presidents Report:
Chapter
Vice-President, Bob Latz welcomed those in attendance. Bob thanked all of the
students in attendance for coming and being part of our membership. Bob
discussed student involvement in our committees indicating that they are likely
more up-to-date on the new codes than many of us and their assistance is
welcome. Bob indicated that we had sixteen members pay their memberships and
five new ones for March including one student. Bob asked the membership to
update their respective jurisdictional information for the Web site and send it
to Karen. Bob announced that the SVABO installation awards dinner will be
December 6th and there are 15 rooms blocked out.
Treasurer Report:
Chapter Treasurer, Rick Swenson provided the
report. Rick discussed the income and expenses of the chapter reporting that
there is a need for continued training opportunities that provide for chapter
income. Rick passed out some charts that he had prepared showing the income and
expense report for the past year including the ABM expenses as well as other
ongoing expenses. Rick and President Wood indicted that although it was a very
nice ABM the ABM had been a large expense for the chapter and that we are still
catching up with revenue because of it. There was a motion to approve the report
for audit; the motion was seconded by the membership.
Secretary Report:
No Report
Committee Reports:
Code Development Committee:
Code Development Chair, Michael Vieira and members Yvonne Christopher and Greg
Mahoney provided the report. They provided an informative presentation
continuing their discussion form the last meeting regarding the Code Hearings
and development process. The group discussed the many important code changes
focusing on several of the more important Code changes and discussed the ones
the committee thought were most important to the Chapter. The group talked about
some of the more important proposed changes within each of the categories
outlining how the various changes can effect what we do as code officials. They
encouraged membership involvement in the development process.
Chapter President Wood
thanked the group for their thorough presentation and efforts. President Wood
also called for the membership to get involved with this committee noting that
the people voting on the actions at the Code hearings are not always
representative of our group and that it is important for us to have a voice in
the process.
Education
Committee:
Education Committee Chair, Becky Fraser provided the report. Becky discussed the
classes scheduled for the remainder of the fiscal year and the scheduling of
other upcoming classes. She reminding the group of the April 16th
Electrical half-day class and the May 7 & 8 plumbing and mechanical class with a
focus on Commercial Kitchen applications. Becky also mentioned that the
education committee is exploring ideas for future educational offerings and
looking at more half-day more affordable classes. Next meeting will be May 21st.
Inspector Training Program:
Inspector Training Program Chair, Rick Walters provided the report. Rick
reported that the group had a recent senior inspector breakfast meeting and that
there were eighteen in attendance representing several jurisdictions. He
mentioned that the group had recently discussed soils reports and had exchanged
contact information and started a good networking process with each other. He
expressed the importance of networking and how well it works. President Wood
commended Rick for the group’s efforts in bringing people together.
Code Review Committee:
Code Review Committee Chair, Bob Stetson was not present. Bob indicated that the
question of the month process is working very well. He also reported that the
meeting attendance is good with sixteen to seventeen people in attendance at the
last meeting. Bob indicated that the group is still struggling to put together
an informational Web site connection to the committee; hoping that this will
happen soon. Bob indicated that the committee feels that this is an important
way for those that cannot attend the meetings to stay in touch with information.
Bob encouraged the membership to join the group for discussions and asked that
an RSVP be sent to Karen if you are planning on attending.
Scholarship Committee Chair:
Scholarship Committee Chair, Winfred Deleon provided the report. Winfred
reported that we are half way through the filing period for the Jack Atkins
scholarship. He indicated that there are no applications thus far and encouraged
the students and others in the group to get the word out and apply; the deadline
is May 31st. He indicated the information is available on the SVABO
Web site.
Outreach Committee:
Outreach Committee Chair, Craig Sarmento provided the report. Craig reported
that the committee has found a way to be tax exempt and would discuss that in
greater detail at the next meeting. He discussed the idea of a “ramp-a-thon” and
asked that the event be focused on dwelling access. He indicated that the group
hopes to have this event in August this year. Craig indicated that the group is
working in a dinner and golf tournament for fund raising. Craig indicated that
the goal of the committee is to raise the awareness of building inspections and
let people know that we are part of our community and do positive things as
well. Both President Wood and Chairman Sarmento indicated that if we make this
event a larger scale event we are likely to get more donations and people
involved that want to be a part of our outreach projects.
STATE AGENCY REPORTS:
CALBO Report:
CALBO Past-President, Gene Paolini provided the report. Gene discussed the
recent ABM and the CALBO elections. He congratulated the members of SVABO Rick
Renfro, Becky Fraser and Bill Nagel for being chosen for CALBO positions. Gene
discussed the committee work for the strategic plan for CALBO and how the future
of CALBO operations would be accomplished. Gene Discussed leadership and
advocacy day and encouraged the membership to attend as this is an important
event for us all; the date is April 29th. Gene announced that the
first CALBO board meeting will be April 28th and that members are invited to
attend. Gene also mentioned building safety week and encouraged jurisdictions to
get involved and get your resolutions passed. Gene discussed the bylaw changes.
He discussed CTI and mentioned that Bob Latz would be on the CTI board as well
as Becky Fraser. Gene mentioned that he had heard that CALBO had been described
as them and us and encouraged the group to approach our SVABO and ACLBO
memberships as one group rather than them and us.
Treasure, Rick Swenson
asked Gene is CALBO was looking at ways to better afford the ABM costs and the
impact on the organization. Gene said that the strategic plan would likely
address this concern.
League of Cities:
No Report
Contractors State
License Board (CSLB):
President Wood
introduced Karen Nicely the new representative for the CSLB; he indicated that
she is talking over for Diana. Karen thanked the group for the invitation
indicating she is available for questions.
California Energy
Commission (CEC):
Chris Olvera of the California Energy Commission provided the report. Chris
discussed the new compliance and enforcement division and indicated that Diana
Todd is now part of their group. He indicated that the goal of the compliance
and enforcement division is to ensure a greater level of compliance with the
standards. Chris discussed the handout information available to the building
departments and asked that the membership take advantage of using this
information by contacting him. Craig also offered that if jurisdictions would
like training to call him. He further discussed that the CEC is currently
performing duct testing and HERS compliance. Craig indicated that the CEC
realizes the Code is complex and that the CEC is attempting to make it an easier
document to use and they are listening to recommendations to simplify the code.
State Fire
Marshall (SFM) No
Report
Building Standards Commission (BSC)
No Report:
Housing
Community Development (HCD)
No Report
ICC Report:
No Report
Past
Presidents Report /
No Report
DSA /
No Report
SRFPOA
(Sacramento Regional Fire
Protection Officers Association) No Report
Old Business
None
New Business:
President Wood offered that SVABO has one complete set of code books for sale
for one hundred and ninety dollars and one hundred and five for the other three.
Greg Lake offered his
support for the Code Development process and indicated he is looking forward to
the process and being part of the group.
SVABO Member, Elmer Larson
discussed the chapter history and creating a new history book; he indicated that
if there is anything the members wanted to share they could contact him. Elmer
asked for the members to share their experiences and knowledge of the past ten
years. He indicated that there is a lot of information to put together and that
each member should come up with a couple of subjects that they remember and
write them down. He asked that the committee chairs put together information on
the various chairs and committee involvement. He discussed reviewing all of the
minutes and putting information from the minutes into the history book of the
chapter. Member Nancy Springer offered that she would take pictures of the
individual members and committee group picture for the history book. Elmer
offered a couple of draft covers for the new history book as he had drawn them.
Announcements:
Nancy Springer mentioned that she would like invite the chapter members to the
good wall-bad will display at Home Depot. She encouraged members to get
involved in building safety week activities
Code Discussion /
None
Next Meeting:
President Wood announced that the next meeting will be held on May 9th
in Folsom. Please visit the SVABO Web site for more information and to RSVP.
President Wood announced that the presenter for today is Jim Barns from the
office of Emergency Services.
Respectfully submitted,
Todd Cunningham
SVABO Secretary |
