Department of Building Inspection

Code Advisory Committee

AGENDA

DATE: February 16, 2000 (Wednesday)

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

LOCATION: 1660 Mission Street, Room 2001

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.

1.0 Call to Order and Roll Call (2 minutes)

2.0 Approval of minutes of prior Code Advisory Committee (CAC) Special Meeting of the regular meeting of January 19, 2000 (5 minutes)

3.0 Election of the Chair and Vice Chair for the Code Advisory Committee. The term of office for each is one year and will commence with the CAC regular meeting of February 16, 2000. (10 minutes)

4.0 Report, discussion and possible action on the degree of involvement of the City of San Francisco and Department of Building Inspection (DBI) with the State Building Code development process, monitoring of the State Building Codes, and current status of DBI code development process. (10 minutes)

5.0 Report and possible action regarding coordination of San Francisco Building Code items with The Departments of Public Works and City Planning. (10 minutes)

6.0 Report and possible action regarding the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC) Blue Ribbon Committee review of seismic requirements in the San Francisco Building Code. (10 minutes)

7.0 Report, discussion and possible action regarding review of standing (existing) Code Rulings issued under previous editions of the San Francisco Building Code. The report will give the status of Code Rulings assigned to the CAC subcommittees for review. (!0 minutes)

8.0 Report and possible action on status of Administrative Bulletins regarding local equivalencies to California Building Code which are allowed on a case-by-case basis. (15 minutes)

9.0 Subcommittee Reports:

a. Housing Code Subcommittee: (10 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Jim Reed

Subcommittee Member: Jerry Cunningham, P.E.

b. Fire & Life Safety Subcommittee: (5 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Jerry Cunningham, P.E.

Subcommittee Members: Charles Breidinger, P.E., Carolyn Abst

c. Administrative & General Design Subcommittee

(5 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Arnold Lerner, AIA

Subcommittee Members: Zachary Nathan, AIA, Frederic Freund, Tony Sanchez-Corea, Dorie Lee

d. Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing Subcommittee: (5 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: Charles Breidinger, P.E.

Subcommittee Member: Jim Reed

e. Structural Subcommittee: (5 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: James Guthrie, S.E.

Subcommittee Member: Andy Forrest, P.E.

f. Disability Access Subcommittee (5 minutes)

Subcommittee Chair: (To be selected)

Subcommittee Members: Arnie Lerner, AIA., Zachary Nathan, AIA

10.0 Secretary’s report on upcoming events and tasks for the CAC. (5 minutes)

11.0 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)

12.0 Public Comment on items not on this agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Code Advisory Committee.

13.0 Adjournment.

Note: If any member of the CAC has not yet received copies of the 1998 codes please contact Alan Tokugawa at 415-558-6004.