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Notice of
Regular Meeting of the
CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE


DATE:                              October 17, 2001 (Wednesday)

TIME:                              9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.                              

LOCATION:                    1660 Mission Street, Suite 2001

This Committee meets regularly every third Wednesday of the month at 1660 Mission Street, Room 2001. If you wish to be placed on a mailing list for agendas, please call (415) 558-6205.

Note:          Public comment is welcome and will be heard during each item. Reference documents relating to agenda are available for review at the 1650 Mission Street, Suite 302. For information, please call Alan Tokugawa at (415) 558-6004.


AGENDA

1.0           Call to Order and Roll Call                                                            (2 minutes)

2.0          Approval of minutes of prior Code Advisory Committee (CAC) the Regular Meeting of September 19, 2001.                                                  (5 minutes)

3.0          Further discussion and possible action regarding a proposed document that provides procedures and guidelines for special inspection and structural observation. The Department of Building Inspection will use these guidelines during construction. The possible action will be to formulate a recommendation to the Building Inspection Commission (BIC) for their further action.                                                                                                               (40 minutes)

4.0          Report, discussion and possible action regarding recent amendments to Sections 6735, 6735.3, and 6735.4 of the Professional Engineers Act (California) which are intended to clarify when civil, structural, soils/geotechnical, electrical and mechanical plans, drawings, calculations and reports are required to bear the wet signature and wet stamp of the licensed engineer in responsible charge, or when just the name and license number are acceptable. The possible action will be to formulate a recommendation to the Building Inspection Commission (BIC) for their further action.                                        (30 minutes)

5.0          Status of on-going programs within Technical Services Division:
a.          Proposed ordinance regarding ban on installation of wood-burning fireplaces
b.          US Seanate Bill 424 (Sen, Feinstein) regarding incentives to encourage earthquake loss mitigation.                                                  (15 minutes)

6.0          Subcommittee Reports:                                                            (20 minutes)

          a.          Housing Code subcommittee:                               
                    Subcommittee Chair:          Jim Reed
                    Subcommittee Member: Jerry Cunningham, P.E.

          b.          Fire and Life Safety Subcommittee:                                        
                    Subcommittee Chair:          Jerry Cunningham, P.E.
                    Subcommittee Members: Charles Breidinger, P.E., Carolynn Abst


c.          Administrative & General Design Subcommittee                    
                    Subcommittee Chair:          Arnold Lerner, AIA                    
Subcommittee Members: Zachary Nathan, AIA, Frederic Freund, Tony Sanchez-Corea, Dorie Lee

d.          Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Subcommittee:                    
Subcommittee Chair:          Charles Breidinger, P.E.
Subcommittee Member: Jim Reed

e.          Structural Subcommittee:                                                             
Subcommittee Chair:          James Guthrie, S.E.
Subcommittee Member: J. Edgar Fennie, AIA          

f.          Disability Access Subcommittee                                                  
Subcommittee Chair:          (To be selected)
Subcommittee Members: Arnie Lerner, AIA., Zachary Nathan, AIA

7.0          Secretary's report on upcoming events, announcements and tasks for the CAC. Report on status of appointments to vacant seats on CAC. (5 minutes)

8.0          Committee Member's and Staff's identification agenda items for the next meeting, as well as current agenda items to be continued to another CAC regular meeting or special meeting, or a subcommittee meeting. CAC discussion and possible action regarding administrative issues related to building codes.          (3 minutes)

9.0          Public Comment on items not on this agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Code Advisory Committee. Comment time is limited to 3 minutes or at the call of the Chair.

10.0          Adjournment.