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MINUTES OF October 1, 2008
CALL TO ORDER
President
Dennis Corbett called October 1, 2008 meeting of the Napa/Solano Chapter of ICC
to order. The meeting was held at
the Paradise Valley Golf Club in
ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS
President Dennis Corbett-present; Vice President
Darrell Mayes-present;
Secretary Dan Kavarian-present; Treasurer Gene Ashdown-present
INTRODUCTIONS: Self-introductions
were made by attendees
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
Motion made to approve minutes as submitted. Seconded and Approved
SPEAKER
OF THE EVENING:
Gary
West, Building Official Vallejo, gave a slide show presentation on the deadly
fire that occurred on at Casa DeVallejo a senior apartment complex.
Three people died and 150 seniors were displaced.
This building had six occupied floors with a parapet above.
During the fire three hundred gallons of water per minute were used for
duration of four hours. The slides
showed twisted metal, burn wood, and other construction debris throughout the
building. The slides also showed the
riveted connections holding up through the heat.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
No announcements but we did have a moment of silence
for Cliff Kendall, Building Official for
CORRESPONDENCE
None
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Dennis
talked about trying to have some type of training by the year but was not sure
if it was possible. Tom wanted to
know how many people would be interested in ATC 20 training but it looked like
members were going to take it at ED Week. Tom
also said that Jay was working on a class on Chapter 7 of the CBC and might have
something by December. It was
brought up that
Budget report given, and approved.
Tom said
that the 2009 ABM would be February 2-6 in
None
Dan Kavarian said they are still
working on the next set of details.
OLD BUSINESS
SB 1608 has been signed by the Governor and will take
effect on January 1, 2009 for Architects and July 1, 2010 for Building
Departments to provide at least one building inspector who is a Certified Access
Specialist.
NEW BUSINESS
Dennis announced that elections would be held at the
November meeting for the 2009 Board. Tom Garcia, chairman of the nomination
committee, announced the names of the candidates for the 2009 Board: Dennis
Corbett, Past President: Darrell Mayes, President; Dan Kavarian, Vice President;
Gary West, Secretary and Gene Ashdown, Treasurer.
Nominations from the floor will also be accepted at the meeting.
Dennis brought up the issue of members RSVP for our meetings then not attending, leaving the Chapter to pay for those meals. Each month we give the restaurant a head count for dinner this is based on the RSVP that Dan receives, at a cost of $17.95 per plate. When people say they are going to come and don’t we still pay for the count that we give them. The $110.00 dues that a jurisdiction pays per member only cover part of the cost. The Chapter subsidizes the remainder out of the general fund. Dennis talked about how the Chapter decided to subsidize the cost of the meals to encourage full participation by all jurisdictions. It was brought that most Chapters’ do collect a higher price for their meetings. It was suggested because our fiscal year ends in November it might be time to raise the meals to $15.00 and raise the membership cost. This would still not recoup the total dinner price but it would shrink the amount that the Chapter would pay and still provide a reasonable cost for dinner. We will discuss this topic at the November meeting and we will have additional information so we can make a rational decision on the future of our Chapter.
Dennis continued on the budget conversation by talking about the ICC ABM/Code hearings and how our participation is needed to make a difference in code approval. As a Chapter we sent five members to the hearings. In order for us, as a Chapter, to have an active roll in the code process we need a healthy budget and a willing membership.
Tom talked about some of the code changes that he saw, one was a change to egress width requirements for sprinklered buildings and how the wording of one code amendment was changed and a smaller majority was required to pass and it was passed so we have a table of egress widths that is the same as the 1997 code. Tom also talked about the approval of residential sprinklers and how most of the votes at the hearings were in the 400-600 range but the residential sprinklers vote count was more than 1800 and after the vote some 1200 clickers were turned in. See someone did make a difference!
Dennis said that John LaTorra was re-elected to the ICC Board.
INSPECTORS TIME
None
INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES
None
ADJOURNMENT
There was a motion to adjourn and President Corbett adjourned the meeting. The next meeting will be November 5th at Paradise Valley Golf Club.
Respectfully submitted,
Dan Kavarian