Florida Building Commission

Education POC Minutes

February 2, 2009

 

 


POC Members Present: Dick Browdy (Chair), Herminio Gonzalez, Jon Hamrick, Tony Grippa

 

Meeting Attendees Identified:

 

Catherine Spafford                          Cam Fentriss                        

Med Kopczynski                              Jack Glenn

Alex Kobryn                                      Bob Boyer     

Bill Dumbaugh                                 Joe Belcher  

Jim Richmond                                 

Jane Waddel                                   

Michael Clark                                  

                                  

          

            

Meeting was called to order at 3:00 p.m., February 2, 2009

 

1. Review and Approval of the February 2009 Agenda

 

Motion: To approve as submitted

Motion: Tony Grippa

Second:  Jon Hamrick

Approved Unanimously

 

 

2. Review and Approval of December 2008 Minutes

 

Motion: To approve as submitted

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second:  Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

3. Report on the ongoing Rule Development process regarding Amendments to Rule 9B-70.002, Florida Administrative Code.

 

Chair Browdy stated that a Rule Development workshop would be scheduled for the April POC meeting regarding further modifications to 9B-70.002.

 

Cam Fentriss stated that other than what had already been changed in recent workshops, a technical change needed to occur in Section (4) and the expiration dates of registered training providers and accreditors needs to be looked at, which include what is stated on the BCIS regarding this issue.

 

 

 

4.  Report on the 2009 deployment of the BCIS.

 

Chair Browdy stated that the BCIS was deployed on January 26, 2009.

 

Cam Fentriss stated that a couple of issues have surfaced since deployment, but to her knowledge have been fixed. She asked the audience to contact the Education Administrator if other issues were discovered.

 

 

 

5. Review pending accredited courses for recommendation to the Commission

 

Course: An Overview of 2007 Florida Building Code, Building Volume

Provider: Titan Continuing Education, Inc.

Accreditor: Bill Dumbaugh

BCIS Course Number: 337.0

Motion: To approve, subject to changing the word “ten” to “two”, on Slide 30, Section 717.3.1. Otherwise, this course is approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously Subject To Specified Change

 

Course: An Overview of 2007 Florida Building Code, Building Volume (Internet)

Provider: Titan Continuing Education, Inc.

Accreditor: Bill Dumbaugh

BCIS Course Number: 336.0

Motion: To approve, subject to changing the word “ten” to “two”, on Slide 31, Section 717.3.1. Otherwise, this course is approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously Subject To Specified Change

 

 

 

 

6. Review administratively approved updated advanced courses for recommendation to Commission

 

The Chair asked for a Consent Motion for the administratively approved courses listed below. Commissioner Hamrick had to abstain from approving course #309.1, as a result of a conflict of interest. So course #s 323.0, 324.0, and 168.2 were approved through a Consent Motion.

 

Before the Consent Motion was voted on, Med Kopczynski asked if course # 168.2 should be approved as it is currently designed, stating that this course was a past DCA owned course , which the POC voted in 2008 not to be used anymore as an updated advanced course, except as the basic framework for a re-constructed course.

 

Cam Fentriss stated that the provider knows this and is only asking for approval to use this course over the next three weeks, until the new code becomes valid on March 1, 2009.

 

Course: 2007 Advanced Code: Building Structural Summary (Number 323.0) 1 Hour

Provider: Contractor’s Institute

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 323.0

 

Course: 2007 Advanced Code: Building Structural Summary (Internet) (Number 324.0) 1 Hour

Provider: Contractor’s Institute

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 324.0

 

Course: 2004 Advanced Building Structural Summary (Number 168.2) 1 Hour

Provider: Titan Continuing Education, Inc.

Accreditor: JC Code & Construction Consultants, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 168.2

 

 

Consent Motion: Courses approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

Course # 309.1 was approved by a separate Consent Motion.

 

Course: Advanced 23 Hour (SREF) Course (Number 309.1) 23 Hours

Provider: Fl. Department of Education

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 309.1

 

Consent Motion: Courses approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Tony Grippa

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

 

 

7. Review pending accreditor applications for recommendation to the Commission (none pending)

 

 

 

8.  Education Administrator activity report

 

Chair Browdy asked Cam Fentriss to give the Education Administrator activity report from December 6, 2008 to January 29, 2009. She gave the report, listing activities such as; phone calls handled, emails handled, administrative tasks accomplished, etc. No further action was required.

 

 

 

9. Identify future POC member discussion items

 

The Chair asked Cam Fentriss how much budget was left from the Education Administration Contract.

 

Cam stated that approximately $5,000.00 was held back to possibly use for any more changes to the BCIS after its recent deployment.

 

 

 

10. General public comment

 

Jack Glenn said that after the meeting adjourns and if anyone was interested, he would show the tables depicting the updated 2004 to 2007 code comparisons and summaries that include glitch changes.

 

 

 

11. Summary and review of meeting work products/action items, assignments, and next steps.

 

Chair Browdy issued no other work assignments.

 

 

 

Adjourn (Adjourned at  3:32 p.m.)

Motion: To adjourn

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second:  Tony Grippa

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

Recommended Commission Actions

 

The Education POC considered and recommends the following:

 

The following new courses are recommended for approval:

 

Course: An Overview of 2007 Florida Building Code, Building Volume

Provider: Titan Continuing Education, Inc.

Accreditor: Bill Dumbaugh

BCIS Course Number: 337.0

Motion: To approve, subject to changing the word “ten” to “two”, on Slide 30, Section 717.3.1. Otherwise, this course is approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

Course: An Overview of 2007 Florida Building Code, Building Volume (Internet)

Provider: Titan Continuing Education, Inc.

Accreditor: Bill Dumbaugh

BCIS Course Number: 336.0

Motion: To approve, subject to changing the word “ten” to “two”, on Slide 31, Section 717.3.1. Otherwise, this course is approved based on the FBC accreditation process that only verifies the accuracy of the Florida Building Code related content.

Motion: Jon Hamrick

Second: Herminio Gonzalez

Approved Unanimously

 

 

 

 

 

The following courses are recommended for administrative approval:

 

Course: 2007 Advanced Code: Building Structural Summary (Number 323.0) 1 Hour

Provider: Contractor’s Institute

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 323.0

 

Course: 2007 Advanced Code: Building Structural Summary (Internet) (Number 324.0) 1 Hour

Provider: Contractor’s Institute

Accreditor: JDB Code Services, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 324.0

 

Course: 2004 Advanced Building Structural Summary (Number 168.2) 1 Hour

Provider: Titan Continuing Education, Inc.

Accreditor: JC Code & Construction Consultants, Inc.

BCIS Course Number: 168.2

 

 

Course: Advanced 23 Hour (SREF) Course (Number 309.1) 23 Hours

Provider: Fl. Department of Education

Accreditor: BCIC LLC

BCIS Course Number: 309.1

 

 

 

 

 

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