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Minutes of the May 14, 2004 Meeting
President
Brett Hale called to order the joint meeting with the Yosemite Chapter of ICC at
10:00 a.m. The meeting was held at Simpson Strong-Tie in Stockton.
Following the flag salute and self-introductions, host Rick Reid welcomed
all.
Treasurer’s
Report: Report by Larry
Leonard. Approved as submitted.
Committee
Reports:
Education
Committee:
Becky Fraser
spoke about the Jack Atkin’s Scholarship.
The closing date for the application is May 31, 2004.
Rick Renfro reported on the April 22nd Education Committee
meeting. The committee discussed
CEU’s for participants in the inspector’s training program.
Rick Swenson will be handing out certificates to all that attend the
inspector’s training. It will be
the responsibility of the participant to track all certificates received for
this training. An intense electrical
class designed to assist in the inspector’s electrical certification was
discussed. Brett Hale asked for
feedback with regards to the 8-9 week class.
If developed, the class will probably be a 3 hours a week class held
during business hours.
Plan
Review/CRDC:
Mark Wood reported that 10 people attended the last plan check committee
meeting. Four items were discussed
at the meeting, including the property line question distributed during the last
association meeting. Future monthly
questions will go out with the meeting announcement as an attachment.
The other items discussed were: 1. Exiting from R-1 occupancies. 2.
Should the occupancy load and sq. ft. include deck and balcony areas. 3. Number
of exits required from a 3 story townhouse.
Mark can be contacted by e-mail at
mwood@ci.davis.ca.us
. The membership discussed an assembly bill relating to accessibility in
townhouses. Pete discussed
certification for access specialists.
CRDC
Report: Doug reported for Kevin Reinertson. Doug updated the membership on the
Urban Wildlife regulations, NFPA 5000 copyright issues, HCD’s amendment
process to the IRC and HCD’s pending adoption of the structural provisions
developed by the LA Basin and the Tri-chapter of ICC. Code revisions to the
Plumbing, Mechanical and Electrical Codes should go forth in August.
Doug informed the group that the director for HCD has resigned as of May
8, 2004. His replacement is unknown
at this time.
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CRDC Report
May 14, 2004 |
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Status/Information
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HCD,
DSA, SFM Agency Adoption process
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HCD
has considering proposed structural updates to the 2001 CBC. these
amendments are the same or similar to those which were proposed by the
BSC as an emergency rule making package, HCD will be holding a public
workshop in the future for these amendments.
HCD is continuing the process of amending the IRC.
Several State Agencies have halted the review process of the amendments
proposed by the NFPA consultants to the NFPA 5000 and NFPA 1 until
copyright and licensing issues are resolved.
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CBSC
report
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May
12 CBSC meeting.
Steve Winkle was voted in as the Vice Chair.
The proposed energy amendment package to be submitted to the CBSC was
postponed till the July 21 CBSC meeting. Valerie Hall and Bill
Pennington from the Energy Commission gave a report on the proposed
regulations and the process to amend those amendments.
Rich Friedman and Chris Anderson from HCD gave a report on the automatic
gas shutoff valves for seismic and excess flow valves.
SB1992
required HCD to to consider whether to propose the adoption of
regulations mandating the installation of seismic gas shutoff devices
and/or excess flow gas shutoff devices in all or a portion of dwelling
units, motels, hotels and lodging houses. The determination whether to
propose building standards were to be made during the annual code
adoption cycle following January 1, 2003. Any proposal to the CBSC must
include an analysis of the cost and safety benefits of the proposal. If
the Department’s determination is not to propose building standards
mandating the installation of seismic gas shutoff devices and/or excess
flow gas shutoff devices, SB 1992 requires the Department to explain in
writing the rationale for its decision. The report can be downloaded at
HCD State Housing Law web site
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Proposed
Effective date of CEC, CPC, CMC
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Agencies
will be resubmitting* the CPC and CMC packages to the commission by
August 2 to begin the CBSC rule making process for the 2004
Annual Code Adoption Cycle.
At this time the
CBSC has not stated a proposed effective date for that cycle (possibly
in the first quarter of 2006).
*Proposals originally submitted to the CBSC 10/24/03 for the CPC and CMC
had been pulled back by 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
at this time.
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Upcoming
meetings of critical importance.
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CBSC
proposed meeting dates
July 21, September 15,
November 18
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Status
of 11A rewrite
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HCD
anticipates submitting the revised chapter 11A to the CBSC by August 2nd
for the 2004
Annual Code Adoption Cycle.
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Liaison
Reports:
Greg Lake, secretary of the
Sacramento Valley Fire Marshals Association, reported that Ray Snodgrass is the
interim State Fire Marshall. The Sacramento Valley Fire Marshals Association
sent a letter of support of AB2065 regarding fire sprinklers and alarm required
in care facilities. June’s
association meeting will be a joint meeting in Roseville with the SVFMA.
Larry
Leonard liaison for AIA will be attending the next meeting.
CALBO:
None
CEC:
Elaine Hebert,
with the California Energy Commission, reported that the 2005 Building Energy
Efficiency Standards have been adopted by the Energy Commission and are awaiting
adoption by the CBSC. Standards
should become effective Oct. 1, 2005. Training
will be announced as developed.
Program:
Simpson Strong-Tie tour: Members were invited to attend a tour of the Simpson
facility.
Old
Business: None
New
Business: A
discussion pertaining to soils reports for sub-divisions took place.
Lot testing is required for individual lots if expansive soil is
identified in the soil report.
Next Meeting:
The next meeting will be a joint
meeting with the Sacramento Valley Fire Marshals Association on June 11th
at Woodcreek in Roseville. The
program will be a round table
forum.
Announcements:
Ken Welch sadly announced
the passing of member Tom Cross of Colusa County.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 12:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Becky
Fraser
Secretary
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