Florida Building Commission

CODE ADMINISTRATION TAC

CONCURRENT WITH

SPECIAL OCCUPANCY TAC

Meeting Minutes

March 28, 2013

2:30PM. – Until Completion

 

Meeting was held via teleconference/webinar:

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(850) 487-1824

 

TAC Objectives

Code Administration TAC Members Present: Chairman; Herminio Gonzalez, Dick Browdy, Charlie Frank, John O’Connor, Hamid Bahadori, Bob Boyer

Members not present: Bill Dumbaugh, Tim Tolbert, John Scherer.

Special Occupancy TAC Members Present:, Mark Boutin, Gene Chalecki, Cam Fentriss, Charlie Frank.

Alternates: August Ursin for Bob Vincent and Eva Osborne for Phil Wisely

Special Occupancy TAC Members Not Present: Chairman; Jon Hamrick, Scott Cannard, Jim Croche, Frank Frail, Bob Vincent, Wayne Young, Phillip Wisely.

Staff Present: Ila Jones, Mo Madani, Jim Richmond, April Hammonds, Marlita Peters, Robert Lorenzo, Jim Hammers.

Ø  Objective - The purpose of this meeting was to review and provide recommendations on Declaratory Statements and other business on behalf of the Commission.

 

Meeting Minutes

Objective

Review of objectives will include the following:  Description of issue, discussion by TAC, public comment, TAC action.

1)

Welcome and Opening Remarks.

The meeting opened at 2:30pm. 

2)

Roll Call

Roll call was taken for both the Code Administration TAC and the Special Occupancy TAC consecutively.  A quorum was present for both.

3)

Review and Approval of Meeting Agenda

Chairman Gonzalez facilitated approval of the Agenda.  Motion made by Bob Boyer, 2nd by John O’Connor to accept the Agenda as presented.  Unanimous approval to accept.

Special Occupancy TAC then made a motion by Cam Fentriss, 2nd by Mark Boutin to accept the Agenda as presented.  Unanimous approval to accept.

4)

Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes of January 10, 2013

Code Admin TAC: Motion by John O’Connor, 2nd by Bob Boyer to accept previous minutes of January 10, 2013 meeting.  Unanimous approval to accept.

Special Occupancy TAC then made a motion to accept the minutes of January 10, 2013 by Cam Fentriss, 2nd by Mark Boutin.  Unanimous approval to accept.  Finally a motion by Cam Fentriss, 2nd by Mark Boutin to accept the minutes of January 24, 2013.  Unanimous approval to accept.

5)

Review and provide recommendation on Declaratory Statement DS2013-013 petitioned by Robert Lorenzo.

Petitioner, Robert Lorenzo presented his request for declaratory statement.  Mr. Kevin Crowley, having submitted a formal letter on the subject, presented his concerns with the petition and suggested that a rule workshop would be a better avenue to pursue this issue. 

 

Code Admin TAC: Motion by John O’Connor, 2nd by Bob Boyer for discussion of issue.  After discussion by the TAC a motion was made by John O’Connor, 2nd by Bob Boyer to accept the staff recommendation in answer to the Question: Can storage sheds that are not designed for human habitation and have a floor area of 720 square feet (67m2) and built by an approved manufacturer in the Manufactured Building Program be inspected as finished buildings in the yard for shipping.  Staff Recommends: No. For the subject in question, storage sheds that fall within the 20% of those storage sheds that are required to be inspected as per Section 428.3.2.1 are required to be fully inspected during the manufacturing process.  Unanimous vote to accept staff recommendation by the Code Administration TAC.

 

Special Occupancy TAC: With no further discussion the Special Occupancy TAC then made motion by Mark Boutin, 2nd by Cam Fentriss to accept staff recommendation as previously stated.  Unanimous approval to accept staff recommendation to require 20% of inspections to be completed during the manufacturing process.

6)

Other Commission business –

There was no other business to discuss.

7)

Public Comment –

There was no additional public comment.

8)

Member Comment –

There was no additional member comment.

9)

Schedule next meeting –

To be determined.

10)

Adjournment. – 3:08pm

 

 

 

Staff Contacts: Marlita Peters, Marlita.peters@dbpr.state.fl.us, (850) 717-1831; Mo Madani, mo.madani@dbpr.state.fl.us

Note: This document is available to any person requiring materials in alternate format upon request.  Contact the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 N. Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 or call 850-487-1824.