Meeting Minutes -April 4, 2007

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MINUTES OF April 4, 2007  

CALL TO ORDER ( 5:40 PM )
President Tom Garcia, City of Fairfield , called the April 4th, 2007 meeting of the Napa/Solano Chapter ICC to order.

ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS
President Tom Garcia: present; Vice President Steve Jensen: present; Secretary Dennis Corbett : present; Treasurer Dan Kasperson: present.
INTRODUCTIONS:
Self-introductions were made by 40 members.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES ( 5:45 PM )
Motion and second to approve the March, 2007 meeting minutes.  Motion passed.

(The meeting adjourned briefly for the dinner buffet.)

SPEAKER OF THE EVENING ( 6:15 PM )
Jay Salazar, Chief Building Official, City of Vacaville .  Jay spoke about the top 5 site accessibility issues in both plan review and inspection, and the top 10 accessibility issues in non-residential restrooms.  

ANNOUNCEMENTS: ( 7:20 P.M )None.  

COMMITTEE REPORTS: ( 7:00 PM )
Education:  David Cliché, County of Solano , was not present. Seminar on Load Path next week, 40 attendees registered expected.

Treasurer:  Dan Kasperson, City of Suisun , presented the report.  Chapter has a total of $44,700.  Will give the end of fiscal year report next month, least year a net plus of $2000.00.

ICC:  

CALBO:  Jay Salazar has chosen to step down from the Board of Directors, Tom Garcia has been elected to the Board.  CTI is planning to present over 350 seminars this year.  CALBO transition training classes will qualify attendees for re-certification in ICC California Codes certification.  Each Chapter will receive $1000 to help cover the costs of sending members to the Code Hearings in Rochester , New York . 

Building Standards:  Steve Jensen, City of Napa , reported the Commission met two weeks ago.  Kim Blackseth was not confirmed by the Senate for the Commission, so the Public Member/Disabled member is now open, as well as two others.  A code change for OSHPD in restrooms was approved.  Steve Winkel, Architect member, was reappointed.  Reports from Architects and CALBO about educational opportunities were presented to the Commission. 

OLD BUSINESS:

President Garcia none.

NEW BUSINESS:
Plan review committees needs to be reformed to update standard details for Chapter.  President Garcia urges jurisdictions to allow a staff member one day a month to volunteer for this important function.  This is a great opportunity for staff to upgrade to BO in future.  Code adoption committee will form to encourage uniformity.  Jay Salazar selected as the Educator of the Year by CTI and CALBO.

INSPECTORS TIME:
Insulation installation complaints are up. HERS inspectors are doing this in some applications. 

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE:
None. 

ADJOURNMENT: ( 7:35 PM )

There was a motion to adjourn and President Garcia adjourned the meeting at 7:35 PM . The next meeting will be on May 2nd, 2007 with Dinner at the Paradise Valley Golf Course.  Start time is 5:30 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Dennis Corbett
Secretary


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