Building and Fire Board of Appeals Regular Called Meeting July 28, 2021 Building and Fire Board to be held July 28, 2021 at 1:30 PM with Social Distancing Modifications in a Regular Called Meeting Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (July 27 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Building and Fire Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-550-5836 or at rick.arzola@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to rick.arzola@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Junta de Apelaciones de Edificios y Bomberos Reunión ordinaria 28 de Julio de 2021 El edificio y la junta contra incendios se llevará a cabo el 28 de julio de 2021 a la 1:30 p.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social en una reunión ordinaria. Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (27 de julio al mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión del edificio y la junta de bomberos, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta al 512-550-5836 o al rick.arzola@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / …
Building and Fire Board of Appeals Regular Called Meeting July 28, 2021 Building and Fire Board to be held July 28, 2021 at 2:00 PM with Social Distancing Modifications in a Regular Called Meeting Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (July 27 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the Building and Fire Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at 512-550-5836 or at rick.arzola@austintexas.gov no later than noon, (the day before the meeting). The information required is the speaker name, item number(s) they wish to speak on, whether they are for/against/neutral, and a telephone number or email address. •Once a request to speak has been called in or emailed to the board liaison, residents will receive either an email or phone call providing the telephone number to call on the day of the scheduled meeting. •Speakers must call in at least 15 minutes prior to meeting start in order to speak, late callers will not be accepted and will not be able to speak. •Speakers will be placed in a queue until their time to speak. •Handouts or other information may be emailed to rick.arzola@austintexas.gov by Noon the day before the scheduled meeting. This information will be provided to Board and Commission members in advance of the meeting. •If this meeting is broadcast live, residents may watch the meeting here: http://www.austintexas.gov/page/watch- atxn-live Junta de Apelaciones de Edificios y Bomberos Reunión ordinaria 28 de Julio de 2021 El edificio y la junta contra incendios se llevará a cabo el 28 de julio de 2021 a la 2:00 p.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social en una reunión ordinaria. Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los oradores deben registrarse con anticipación (27 de julio al mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión del edificio y la junta de bomberos, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta al 512-550-5836 o al rick.arzola@austintexas.gov a más tardar al mediodía (el día antes de la reunión). La información requerida es el nombre del orador, los números de artículo sobre los que desean hablar, si están a favor / en contra / …
Contractor Registration Program Beth Culver, AIA, CBO, PMP Assistant Director, Building Official July 28, 2021 Building a Better and Safer Austin Together AGENDA • Welcome & Introductions • Historical Overview of Contractor Registration Program • Expired Permits Data • Examples of Registration Programs • Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Questions Building a Better and Safer Austin Together 2 AGENDA • Welcome & Introductions • Historical Overview of Contractor Registration Program • Expired Permits Data • Examples of Registration Programs • Stakeholder Engagement Plan • Questions Building a Better Austin Together 3 Historical Overview of Contractor Registration Program Recommendation 12 Create a residential contractor registration program. To ensure contractors are held accountable for all permits they have pulled – not only expired permits, IGI recommends developing a residential contractor licensing program. The license would require the payment of an annual fee and include an annual “performance review” of expired permits. If desired, DSD could also require all contractors doing work in Austin to have a background check and provide proof of insurance. Both San Antonio and Dallas stop contractors from pulling permits if contractors fail to comply with permit and inspection requirements. Building a Better and Safer Austin Together 4 Historical Overview of Contractor Registration Program Demolition Licensing and Bonding Requirements (page 8) During the stakeholder engagement process, both internal and external stakeholders expressed support for adopting a registration program for building and demolition contractors. While the focus of Council’s resolution was primarily demolitions, there are equally compelling reasons for requiring contractor registration for new construction as well. Building a Better and Safer Austin Together 5 Historical Overview of Contractor Registration Program Resolution No. 20201001-011 City Council initiates amendments to City Code Title 25 (Land Development) to establish a contractor registration program for building and demolition permitting consistent with the direction in this Resolution. c) metrics for determining whether the program promotes equitable outcomes and does not create a disproportionately negative impact on small businesses, women-owned businesses, or minority-owned businesses; d) incentives or process advantages for contractors who remain in good standing with the registration program, such as a streamlined application review process; f) exemptions from mandatory registration for individuals in a manner that considers equity and acknowledges the affordability pressures on both homeowners and tenants and on residents of both single-and multi-family structures. Building a Better and Safer Austin Together 6 AGENDA • Welcome & Introductions • Historical Overview of Contractor …
Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals Board Meeting Approved Minutes The Building and Fire Code Board of Appeals met in a Regular Called Meeting on July 28, 2021 via Web Ex Video Conference Board Member, Brasfield called the meeting to order at 2:21 p.m. Board Members in Attendance: Ashley Juraska, Tim Arndt, Bobby Johns, Ben Abzug, Aubrey Brasfield and Ron Buys Board Members Not in Attendance: Marco Fiorilo and Alan Schumann Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Beth Culver (DSD), Jaime Castillo (DSD) July 28, 2021 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the June 23, 2021 Regular Called meeting were postponed to the next board meeting as board members did not have chance to review it. Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for August 25, 2021 2. DISCUSSION- Development Presentation of Contractor Registration Program – Assistant Director and Building Official of Development Service Department Beth Culver, provided a presentation to Board members and interested parties of the Flat Top Fence workgroup, contractor registration program. In her presentation, Beth outlined Historical overview of the registration program, data of expired permits, examples of registration programs and Stakeholder Engagement plan. In the Historical overview, Beth’s goal is to hold contractors accountable for all permits issued to trade contractors as well as to general contractors who register with the city and to develop with other municipalities, a registration program for building and demolition contractors that is supported by internal and external stakeholders and then followed by initiating a resolution to incorporate amendments in establishing a registration program that is consistent with building and demolition work for all contractors pulling permits with the City of Austin. This registration program this will provide enforcement on staff to go after contractors that have extensive expired permits and hold them accountable for unfinished and paid work to homeowners and businesses. Examples of these current programs that DSD oversee is what the Electrical board has in their registration. Offenses against electrical contractors who violate the registration of work performed at the site with suspension of their registration if the contractor has 3 or more violations in a 12 month period. Volume Builder program, penalizes volume builders who commit errors for their continuous submitted work and other municipalities programs with their registration programs that the City of Austin is looking at to possible emulate into their registrations. The final piece of this is to conduct Stakeholder Engagement plan. A …
