Florida Building Commission

CODE ADMINISTRATION

Technical Advisory Committee

Minutes

April 12, 2016 at 1:30P.M.

Meeting was held:

Hilton University of Florida, 34^th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32607

TAC Objectives

TAC Members Present: Chairman; Jay Carlson, Hamid Bahadori, Bob Boyer, Don Brown, Bill Dumbaugh, David Gilson, Richard Goff, John O’Connor

TAC Members Absent: None

Alternate: None

Staff Present: Mo Madani, Jim Richmond, April Hammonds, Marlita Peters, Joe Bigelow, Jim Hammers.

Facilitator: Jeff Blair

Ø Objective - The purpose of these meetings is to accept public input and to provide recommendations on the proposed code changes for the update to 2017 6^th Edition of the Florida Building Code.

Meeting Agenda
Objective	Review of objectives will include the following: Description of issue, discussion by TAC, public comment, TAC action.
1)	Welcome and Opening Remarks. Meeting began at 1:30pm with opening remarks by facilitator, Jeff Blair regarding the code review processes to be followed.
2)	Roll Call – Roll call was taken a full quorum was present.
3)	Review and Approval of Meeting Agenda and Minutes of previous meeting: Motion to accept the Agenda by Bob Boyer with a second made by Don Brown. Unanimous vote to accept the agenda as presented. Motion to accept Minutes by Don Brown from the meeting held December 5, 2015 with a second by Bob Boyer. Unanimous vote to accept the Minutes as presented.
4)	Accept public input and provide recommendations on the proposed code changes for the update to the 2017 5^th Edition of the Florida Building Code. Motion by Don Brown, 2^nd by Bob Boyer to adjust two modifications – 6787 and 6788 – to the beginning of the modifications to be reviewed and then resume with modification list as presented. Unanimous vote to approve. The standing motion to accept all modifications as submitted was made by Bob Boyer and 2^nd by Hamid Bahadori with a unanimous vote of approval. The Code Admin TAC reviewed 11 proposed code modifications. The TAC made the following recommendations: eight (8) were Approved as Submitted, zero (0) were Approved as Modified, three (3) received No Affirmative Recommendation With a Second, zero (0) were Withdrawn.
5)	Other Commission business – There was no other business on behalf of the TAC or the Commission.
6)	Public Comment – Doug Buck asked for clarification regarding approved modifications regarding the snow and seizmic loads.
7)	Adjournment. – 3:10pm

Staff Contacts: Marlita Peters, Marlita.peters@myfloridalicense.com, (850)487-1824 Mo Madani, mo.madani@myfloridalicense.com

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