Meeting Minutes -Sept 5, 2007

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MINUTES OF SEPT 5, 2007 

CALL TO ORDER (5:30 pm)

President Tom Garcia, City of Vacaville , called the September 5th, 2007 meeting of the Napa/Solano Chapter ICC to order. The meeting was held at the Paradise Valley Golf Club in Vacaville .  There were 44 members, Gene Paolini, current President of CALBO, and1 guest speaker in attendance. 

ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS (5:32 pm)

President: Tom Garcia– present; Vice President: Steve Jensen– present; Secretary: Dennis Corbett– present; Treasurer: Dan Kasperson– present.

INTRODUCTIONS: Self-introductions were made by the attendees

The meeting adjourned for dinner.

SPEAKER OF THE EVENING (6:04 pm)  

Doug Hensel, Assistant Deputy Director, HCD, gave an overview of HCD, their charging authority, and parameters of their duties.  Doug spoke about many topics including Title 25, plastic piping issues in California, proposals to allow air admittance valves for island sinks, higher efficiency standards for toilets & urinals, green building topics, accessibility provisions in Chapter 11A, proposed changes for ramps to accessible balconies in R-1 units, accessible shower stall dimensions, the removal of townhouse references in 11A, and the IRC. California code amendments primarily based on access, revised references and IRC references.  Big items in CBC: 36” guardrails raised to 42” in relevant occupancies (based on Building Standards magazine article); 5’ distance to property line; townhouses require 2 one-hour walls or 1 two-hour wall; fire sprinklers not required in R-3; recreated conventional construction provisions in SZ C; updating of references to the Uniform Housing Code; PEX and CEQA.  How to participate in the process: attend hearings, HCD website state housing law program, CBSC website, initial public comment-get on mailing lists, code advisory committee testify, 45 day comment period-HCD must respond to all comments, testify at CBSC meeting.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES (7:10 pm)
Motion to approve July minutes was passed by the membership.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Tom Garcia announced that William Schock, City of San Leandro , is running for the ICC Board of Directors and is seeking our support; the Chapter voted to support his nomination.  Steve Jensen, City of Napa , is bringing Richard Skaff, Designing Accessible Communities, to present an accessibility seminar in Napa regarding barrier removal, 10:00am, September 24, at no cost to attendees.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Education- Gene Paolini reported CTI recently met and is finalizing 2008 calendar. CTI is looking to repeat classes in consecutive months to allow splitting of staff.  The Education Committee is offering SAP training next week.  They are also scheduling our ICC seminar offering on December 10 and 11.  The Chapter had a successful contractor training last year, would like to try and present this 3 to 4 times a year.

Treasurer- Dan Kasperson, City of Suisun , did not have a report, but encouraged everyone to attend trainings as they are our primary Chapter fundraiser.

CALBO- Gene presented the report. He is meeting with all Chapters to encourage members to consider applying for CALBO board.  AB382 is moving forward to fix AB2977, The Swimming Pool and Spa Safety Act, effective January 1, 2008.  CALBO Advocacy Day educated legislators as to how it is preferable that building regulations advance through code making process rather than statutory route.  All CALBO committees have met and established goals for this year.  CALBO certifications are available and encouraged for all Building Department personnel.  California Code update classes will qualify renewal of California Code certifications.  The ICC ABM in Reno , and the code hearings in Palm Springs , are both coming up. 

Building Standards- Steve Jensen reported that there is an upcoming meeting, but agenda is not yet published.  Some Committees may meet day before.

Standard Details Committee- Dan Kasparian, City of Napa , reported that the committee’s updating of details are essentially complete, but now in the final editing process.  Changes are being made to be consistent with code, i.e. all measurements in inches rather than feet/inches.  When completed, they will be distributed to membership for final review before posting on website.

OLD BUSINESS:

Tom asked if anyone has started categorizing code changes.  Next month scheduled meeting conflicts with the ICC ABM, and he polled members if they desire training or move the meeting to the following week. The Chapter decided to reschedule the meeting to October 10, if the restaurant is available that evening.

NEW BUSINESS:

Nominations for the Chapter board are next month, and the election during the November meeting. 

INSPECTORS TIME:

A question was if the 5’ measurement (in regard to openings in the 2007 CBC) is measured from PL, to foundation or finished wall edge.  Members felt the measurement to the foundation would be acceptable.  Protection under stairs also will no longer be required.  Furnace manufacturer installation specifications usually require drip legs be installed in gas lines.

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVE:

None

ADJOURNMENT (7:49 pm):

There was a motion to adjourn and President Garcia adjourned the meeting. The next meeting will be on tentatively on October 10^th.  

Respectfully submitted,