FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION

ACCESSIBILITY TAC

August 20, 2007

The TAC was called to order at 3:00 by the Chairman, Jeff Gross. The following TAC members were present:

Larry Schneider, J. R. Harding, Bill Norkunas, Bemmie Eustace, Jack Humburg, Pam Dorwarth and Peter Tagliarini.

DCA staff present were Mary Kathryn Smith, Bruce Ketcham and Peter Kelegian.

Set Agenda: The agenda was accepted as prepared with the addition of discussion of the ICC Florida Accessibility Manual.

The minutes from the June 25, 2007 meeting were approved as submitted.

Discussion of Straw Vote: Further discussion of the vote was deferred to the following meeting and will include an analysis of the vote.

Legislative Issues: The Council concluded that previous legislative action prohibiting the issuance of opinions or interpretations should be rescinded. It is important that any future opinions should have the TAC’s oversight before being issued by the Commission.

Discussion of Hotel Charette: The charette is scheduled for the June, 2008 meeting in Ft. Lauderdale and will include invitations to local architecture schools and designers.

Discussion of ICC Florida Accessibility Manual: Larry Schneider pointed out that the ICC sells not only Chapter 11, but also a manual incorporating other documents that are not necessarily enforceable and are not components of the Florida code. It was the consensus of the TAC that the ICC should be contacted and advised that Chapter 11r represents the only acceptable design document for Florida. Staff is also to contact BOAF to alert the organization of this.

Discussion of 2 Hour Course. The TAC reviewed the course one final time and identified scrivener’s errors and minor administrative changes that needed to be made. Staff will make the changes and final consideration will take place at the October meeting.

The agenda was set for the October meeting.

Public Comment: Ben Ritter of PVA suggested the possibility of pursuing optional placement of flexible poles in the access aisles to prohibit illegal parking in those areas. Staff will contact DOJ to establish its position on these objects. He also suggested researching whether signage could be added prohibiting parking there.