Florida Building Commission

TAC Chairs Summary Report

August 22, 2013 Meeting Summary Report

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Meeting Summary and Overview

At the Thursday, August 22, 2013 meeting the TAC/POC chairs considered and decided on a recommendation to the Commission regarding proposed research projects.

The TAC chairs voted unanimously to recommend the Commission expand the funding of research projects to topics beyond the scope of hurricane resistance research; to approve the Research Workplan/Schedule; and to evaluate the 9 TAC research projects recommended for consideration in terms of scoping out the projects, getting cost estimate proposals, and evaluating and prioritizing proposed projects in the context of clearly defined research project evaluation criteria. Clearly defined research selection criteria will be developed for evaluating and prioritizing proposed projects going forward.

Background and Supporting Documents

The agenda and relevant background and supporting documents are linked to each agenda item. The Agenda URL for the August 22, 2013 TAC meeting is as follows:

http://www.floridabuilding.org/fbc/commission/FBC_0813/TAC_Chairs_Agenda.htm

Agenda Item Outcomes

Opening and Meeting Attendance

The meeting was opened at 1:00 PM once a quorum was established, and the following TAC/POC chairs participated:

Dick Browdy (FBC Chair), Jeff Gross, Herminio, Gonzalez, Jim Schock, Dale Greiner, Ralph Palacios, Bob Boyer, Jeff Stone, Tim Tolbert, Jon Hamrick.

James Batts attended.

DBPR Staff Present

Chris Burgwald, Jim Hammers, April Hammonds, Mo Madini, Marlita Peters, and Jim Richmond.

Meeting Facilitation and Reporting

The Roofing TAC meeting was facilitated by Jeff Blair from the FCRC Consensus center at Florida State University. Information at: http://consensus.fsu.edu/

TAC Recommendations for Commission Action

TAC Actions:

Motion—The TAC chairs’ voted unanimously, 10 - 0 in favor, to recommend the Commission expand the funding of research projects to topics beyond the scope of hurricane resistance research; to approve the Research Workplan/Schedule; and to evaluate the 9 TAC research projects recommended for consideration in terms of scoping out the projects, getting cost estimate proposals, and evaluating and prioritizing proposed projects in the context of clearly defined research project evaluation criteria. Clearly defined research selection criteria will be developed for evaluating and prioritizing proposed projects going forward.

Adjourn

Commissioner Browdy, Commission Chair, thanked TAC/POC chair and the public for their attendance and participation, and adjourned the meeting at 2:15 PM on Thursday, August 22, 2013 following an unanimous vote of 10 – 0 in favor of adjournment.