Florida Building Commission

Plenary Session

August 21-22, 2014

The TradeWinds Island Grand

5500 Gulf Boulevard

Saint Pete Beach, Florida

Meeting Objectives

Ø To Approve Regular Procedural Topics (Agenda and Minutes)

Ø To Consider/Decide on Chair's Discussion Issues/Recommendations.

Ø To Consider/Decide on Accessibility Waiver Applications.

Ø To Consider/Decide on Approvals and Revocations of Products and Product Approval Entities.

Ø To Consider Applications for Accreditor and Course Approval.

Ø To Receive and Consider an Update on the 5th Edition of the Florida Building Code.

Ø To Conduct a Rule Adoption Hearing on Rule 61G20-6.002, Relating to the Building Code Training Program.

Ø To Receive and Consider Recommendations for Research to be Performed During FY 2014-2015

Ø To Receive/Decide on Reports and Recommendations from Committees.

Ø To Hear Public Comment

Ø To Identify Needed Next Steps, Assignments, and Agenda Items For Next Meeting

 

Committee and Workgroup Meetings held in conjunction with the Plenary Session

Meetings are held by teleconference and webinar unless otherwise indicated by site identification

June 24

9:00 a.m.

Accessibility Technical Advisory Committee

June 24

1:00 p.m.

Structural Technical Advisory Committee

June 25

2:30 p.m.

Mechanical Technical Advisory Committee

June 26

10:00 a.m.

Swimming Pool Technical Advisory Committee

June 26

1:00 p.m.

Energy Technical Advisory Committee

June 27

9:00 a.m.

Roofing Technical Advisory Committee

June 27

1:00 p.m.

Fire Technical Advisory Committee

July 14

10:00 a.m.

Structural Technical Advisory Committee [Gainesville]

August 4

2:00 p.m.

Structural Technical Advisory Committee

August 6

10:00 a.m.

Fire Technical Advisory Committee

August 6

2:00 p.m.

Plumbing Technical Advisory Committee

August 7

10:00 a.m.

Product Approval Program Oversight Committee

August 7

2:00 p.m.

Electrical Technical Advisory Committee

August 8

10:00 a.m.

Code Administration Technical Advisory Committee

August 8

2:00 p.m.

Energy Technical Advisory Committee

August 11

2:00 p.m.

Accessibility Advisory Council

August 14

10:00 a.m.

Education Program Oversight Committee

August 21

1:00 p.m.

Technical Advisory Committee Chairs Meeting [ON SITE]

 

Meeting Agenda—August 22, 2014

All Agenda Times—Including Adjournment—Are Approximate and Subject to Change

8:30 a.m.

1.)

Welcome and Opening, Roll Call

 

2.)

Review and Approval of Meeting Agenda

 

3.)

Review and Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes

Minutes: June 20, 2014

Facilitator’s Summary Report, June 20, 2014

 

4.)

Chair’s Discussion Issues

Resolution of Appreciation, Ila Jones

Appointments:

Joe Hetzel, Structural TAC

 

Interim Binding Interpretations Panel:

George Wiggins, Chair, City of Winter Park

Anthony C. Apfelbeck, Altamonte Springs

John Barrios, City of Tampa

Wayne Eseltine, City of Sebastian

Ted Fowler, City of Cooper City

John Travers, Monroe County

William Weeks, City of Pensacola

Howard White, St. Johns County

 

 

5.)

Accessibility Waiver Applications

 

 

a. Kappa Delta Sorority House, 555 West Jefferson Street, Tallahassee

b. Epic Theatres, Lot Adjacent to HH Gregg, 8380 Merchants Way, Jacksonville

c. The Temple House, 1415 Euclid Avenue, Miami Beach

d. Alpha Gamma Delta Porch Enclosure, 517 West Park Avenue, Tallahassee

e. Venezia Hotel, 3865 Indian Creek Drive, Miami Beach

f. Honda of Port Charlotte, 1252 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte

g. Ave Maria University Press Box, 4811 Kelleher Street, Ave Maria

h. Collins Park Hotel, 2000 Park Avenue and 2035 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach

i. DeVine Wine and Grill, 15 Alafaya Woods Boulevard, Suite 117, Oviedo

j. Polk State College Center for Public Safety, 1251 Jim Keene Boulevard, Winter Haven

 

6.)

Applications for Product and Entity Approval

 

7.)

Applications for Accreditor and Course Approval

 

8.)

Petitions for Declaratory Statement Legal Report

 

 

a. DS2014-066 by Edward Rojas of the City of Doral

b. DS-2014-075 by Sprague Owings of Marion County Building Department

c. DS 2014-083 by Eric Neilinger of Fire Alarm Systems and Security Inc.

d. DS 2014-084 by Gary Kozan of Ridgeway Plumbing Inc.

e. DS2014-086 by Joe Hetzel of DASMA

f. DS2014-089 by T.A. Krebs of Architect T.A. Krebs, LLC.

 

9.)

Research Projects, FY 14-15, TAC Chairs Committee Report

 

10.)

Rule Adoption Hearing, Rule 61G20-6.002, Building Code Training Program (independently noticed)

 

11.)

Update on the adoption of the 5th Edition of the Florida Building Code

 

12.)

Committee Reports

 

 

a. Accessibility Technical Advisory Committee

b. Code Administration Technical Advisory Committee

c. Education Program Oversight Committee

d. Electrical Technical Advisory Committee

e. Energy Technical Advisory Committee

f. Fire Technical Advisory Committee

g. Mechanical Technical Advisory Committee

h. Plumbing Technical Advisory Committee

i. Product Approval Program Oversight Committee

j. Roofing Technical Advisory Committee

k. Structural Technical Advisory Committee

l. Swimming Pool Technical Advisory Committee

 

13.)

Public Comment

 

14.)

Commissioner Comment

 

15.)

Adjourn