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MINUTES OF June 4, 2008 

CALL TO ORDER

Vice-President Darrell Mayes called June 4, 2024 meeting of the Napa/Solano Chapter of ICC to order.  The meeting was held at the Napa/Solano Builders Exchange in Napa .  There were 44 in attendance.  

ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS

President Dennis Corbett-absent; Vice President Darrell Mayes-present;
Secretary Dan Kavarian-present; Treasurer Gene Ashdown-present

INTRODUCTIONS: Self-introductions were made by attendees  

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
May minutes were amended for some incorrect language.      

Motion made to approve minutes as amended.  Approved  

SPEAKER OF THE EVENING:

 Amir Zamanian, Director of Evaluation Services for IAPMO, was the speaker for the night.  Amir talked about the evaluation services that IAPMO has and how it evaluates products.  He talked about the need in the manufacturing industry for competition in the evaluation service area and how IAPMO is an option to ICC for industry.  IAPMO uses the same standards as ICC for the easy ability of conformance.  He explained how they come up with the evaluation criteria and went through the process from the review stage to the final acceptance of the testing criteria than all products are evaluated under the criteria that pertains to that products.   Amir said that they inspect the facilities to ensure continued compliance with the criteria and if the facilities do not meet these standards an evaluation report is issued but is reviewed annually and the manufacturer must reapply or the new report will not be issued. They inspect all of the facilities to make sure that they meet all of the criteria and they look at all of the equipment that they use to make the product.  He ended his talk by answering questions for the audience.  

Announcements

 Darrell announced free training in Vacaville for plan review on chapters 3,5,6,7, and 10 on the CBC on June 16 from 9:00-12:00.

Darrell also announced ATC 20 Post Disaster training in Vallejo .  Gary West wanted to know how many people would be interested in the training.  This would be full training and not the update version.

Dennis wanted Darrell to inform the chapter that he was able to file the chapter�s report with the ICC so we are still in good standing with the organization.  

CORRESPONDENCE

 None

 COMMITTEE REPORTS

• Education 

No report

Tom wants to remind everybody that the chapter will be having training on the Plumbing and Mechanical code for commercial kitchen on August 15.  

• Treasurer 

Budget report was given and approved.  

Gene told the group that our dinners at Paradise Valley Golf Club cost $17.00 a plate which is for more than the $10.00 that we collect from the chapter members.  The remaining $7.00 is paid by the chapter.  This is an important fact that must be addressed in the near future.

• CALBO 

Tom had no report.

Gene said that Bonnie Patterson is leaving CALBO at the end of June.  So send a thank you note for her work through the years.  A motion was made for the chapter to send a thank you letter to Bonnie to be signed by the President, it was seconded and approved.  

• Building Standards 

Steve Jensen talked about the items that were brought up at the last BSC meeting and informed the group that there will be some changes that will take effect on July 1^st for Disabled Parking requirements which will include signage and language.  He will forward these changes to the jurisdictions.

• Green Building

Tom Garcia was going to try to setup a meeting by the end of the month and he will coordinate it through emails.

• Standard Details

Dan Kavarian said that the committee has submitted the four details to Paul so he can put them on the website. If your jurisdiction wishes to use them they just need to check the appropriate box with their name.  We have already started reviewing new details so they should be out soon. 

OLD BUSINESS

 Ken Madsen said that the Northern California ADA Coordinators group was going to meet tomorrow in Sacramento .  He said that the agenda for the first meeting would be to establish the group and set by-laws and get some committees together.  He has had a lot of contacts with other jurisdictions and Ken is very enthused about this project. 

NEW BUSINESS

 Dennis wanted to know how many people were to go to the annual business meeting and code hearings in Minneapolis in September. A motion was made to provide up to $750.00 per jurisdiction to attend the code hearings. The motion is for funding the code hearings only and not the ABM.  The motion was seconded and approved.

Dan Kasperson wanted to make clear that the $750.00 that was approved for attendance to the code hearings was not to include the president of the chapter and that the chapter will continue to send the President to the ABM as in the past.  Tom agreed that the $750.00 is only for people who are going to the hearings only.

INSPECTORS TIME

There was discussion about swimming pool barriers and having any alternatives.  An alternative to fences or door alarms would be an automatic pool cover which is allowed by code.  They also make a laser alarm that can go between the house and the pool.

 INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES

Mike Viera, Willdan, said that the Sacramento Valley Chapter has four code proposals that they would like everybody to review and support.  He said that they are on the web site under code development.

ADJOURNMENT

There was a motion to adjourn and Vice-President Mayes adjourned the meeting.  The next meeting will be July 2^nd at Paradise Valley Golf Club, Fairfield . 

Respectfully submitted,

Dan Kavarian


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