March 17, 2008 9:00 A.M. Meeting of the Accessibility Advisory Council to consider the following applications for waiver from the accessibility code requirements: 200 Brickell, SW 2nd Street and SW 1st Street, Fort Lauderdale; Boca Raton High ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Division of Housing and Community Development

The Florida Building Commission, “the COMMISSION” announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATES AND TIME: March 17-19, 2008, 8:00 a.m. – completion

PLACE: Embassy Suites Hotel, 3705 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, Florida 33612, [phone]

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: March 17, 2008

9:00 a.m.Meeting of the Accessibility Advisory Council to consider the following applications for waiver from the accessibility code requirements: 200 Brickell, S. W. 2nd Street and S. W. 1st Street, Fort Lauderdale; Boca Raton High School Stadium Bleachers, 1501 N. W. 15th Court, Boca Raton; City of Hialeah Fire Station #6, 780 West 25th Street, Hialeah; The Hew Hotel, 7337 Harding Avenue, Miami Beach; Florida Legal Services, Inc., 2425 Torreya Drive, Tallahassee; “The Ranch” Polo Pavilion, State Road 60, Indian River County; Nickelodeon Hotel Suites 4D Theater, 14500 Continental Gateway, Orlando; and Midtown Miami North Block Building, Samuel Art Gallery, 3401 North Miami Avenue, Miami; Eden Roc Hotel, 4525 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach.

10:00 a.m.Product Approval System Training Session

1:00 p.m.Meeting of the Product Approval/Manufactured Buildings Oversight Committee.

2:00 p.m.Accessibility Code Interpretation workshop

3:00 p.m.Meeting of the Energy Technical Advisory Committee.

3:00 p.m.Meeting of the Accessibility Technical Advisory Committee.

March 18, 2008

8:00 a.m.Meeting of the Fire Technical Advisory Committee.

8:00 a.m.Meeting of the Fire Code Advisory Council.

10:00 a.m.Meeting of the Code Administration Technical Advisory Committee.

1:00 p.m.Meeting of the Education Program Oversight Committee.

1:00 p.m.Meeting of the Structural Technical Advisory Committee.

March 18, 2008

3:00 p.m.Meeting of the Plenary Session of the Florida Building Commission.

Review and approval of the Agenda.

Review and approval of the January 29 and 30, 2008 Minutes and Facilitator’s Summary Report. Chair’s Discussion of Issues and Recommendations.

Review and Update of Commission Workplan.

Consideration of requests for waiver from accessibility code requirements: 200 Brickell, S. W. 2nd Street and S. W. 1st Street, Fort Lauderdale; Boca Raton High School Stadium Bleachers, 1501 N. W. 15th Court, Boca Raton; City of Hialeah Fire Station #6, 780 West 25th Street, Hialeah; The Hew Hotel, 7337 Harding Avenue, Miami Beach; Florida Legal Services, Inc., 2425 Torreya Drive, Tallahassee; “The Ranch” Polo Pavilion, State Road 60, Indian River County; Nickelodeon Hotel Suites 4D Theater, 14500 Continental Gateway, Orlando; and Midtown Miami North Block Building, Samuel Art Gallery, 3401 North Miami Avenue, Miami; Eden Roc Hotel, 4525 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach.

Consideration of Applications for Product and Entity Approval.

Consideration of Legal Issues and Petitions for Declaratory Statement

Binding Interpretations: Report(s) Only.

Declaratory Statements:

Second Hearing:

DCA07-DEC-179 by Alan Fallik, Interim City Attorney, City of Hollywood, Florida.

DCA07-DEC-290 by George Coleman, Building Official, City of West Melbourne /Intervener David Hudson, AIA, Artech Design Group, Inc.

DCA08-DEC-004 by Karen Wallen Oliver, Wallen Service Corp.

First Hearing:

DCA07-DEC-085 by Walter A. Tillit, Jr., PE, TilTeco Inc.

DCA08-DEC-002 by Scott Hampton P.E.

DCA08-DEC-047 by Abe Sacks, Chairman, Structa Wire Corp.

DCA08-DEC-059 by Dwight E. Holmes, FAIS, Holmes Hepner & Assoc. Architects

DCA08-DEC-062 by Fred R. Dudley, Holland & Knight LLP

Recess

March 19, 2008

8:30 a.m.Reconvene the Plenary Session of the Florida Building Commission.

Consideration of Committee Reports and Recommendations: Accessibility TAC Report; Code Administration TAC Report; Energy TAC Report; Fire TAC Report; Structural TAC Report; Education POC Report; Product Approval/Manufactured Buildings POC Report; Hurricane Research Advisory Committee Report; Window/Wall Workgroup Report.

Legislative Report

Discussion of Core Course requirement for Florida Building Code.

Discussion of Contractor License Fee Surcharge

Rule Adoption Hearing on Chapter 9B-70, F.A.C., Education

Rule Development Workshop on Chapter 9B-13, F.A.C., Energy Code

Rule Development Workshop on Rule 9B-3.050, F.A.C., Amendments to the Florida Building Code.

Rule Development Workshop on Rule 9B-3.053, F.A.C., Alternate Plans Review and Inspection forms.

Rule Adoption Hearing on Rule 9B-7.042, F.A.C., Florida Accessibility Code

Presentation on State of the Construction Industry Sector of the Economy

Commission Member Comments and Issues

General Public Comment

Review Committee Assignments and Issues for the May 5-7, 2008 Commission Meeting.

Summary Review of Meeting Work Products

Adjourn.

March 19, 2008

1:00 p.m.Meeting of the Mitigation Workgroup.

A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Ms. Betty Stevens, Building Codes and Standards Office, Division of Housing and Community Development, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone], Fax [phone], or go to the web site at www.floridabuilding.org.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 10 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Ms. Barbara Bryant, Building Codes and Standards Office, Division of Housing and Community Development, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone] or Fax [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the Board with respect to any matter considered at this meeting or hearing, he/she will need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence from which the appeal is to be issued.

For more information, you may contact: Ms. Betty Stevens, Building Codes and Standards Office, Division of Housing and Community Development, Department of Community Affairs, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100, [phone], Fax [phone], or go to the web site at www.floridabuilding.org.