ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday February 16, 2022 @ 10:00 AM PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT CENTER 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR 1st FLOOR- CONFERENCE ROOM-1203 SOME MEMBERS MAY BE ATTENDING VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Gabriel Flores-Chair (Garza); Delwin Goss (Renteria); Randy Pomikahl (Tovo), David Johnson- V Chair (Madison) Michael King (Paige), Rogelio Wallace (Adler), Victoria Shope (Kitchen), Ben Brenneman (Alter), Deschaine, David (Pool); Christian Spies(Kelly) Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely by telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation. To register, please contact 512-974-2417 or email rick.arzola@austintexas.gov. AGENDA CALL TO ORDER GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION The first 10 speakers who register to speak no later than noon the day before the meeting will be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda.. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes from Regular Called Meeting from December 15, 2021 2. DISCUSSION a. Discussion- IBC Changes in relation with the IEC and IECC b. Discussion- Austin Energy Criteria Manual c. Discussion- Disconnect Locations d. Discussion- Residential and Commercial Inspection Update e. Discussion- DSD Permit Process with the Service Center f. Discussion- Update on Plan Review. 3. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Rick Arzola at Development Services Department, Building Inspections, at (512) 974-2417, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711.
REGULAR CALLED MEETING Electric Board APPROVED MINUTES The Electric Board convened in a Regular Called Board Meeting on February 16, 2022 using WebEx video conference at the Permitting Development Center at 10:25 am. Board Members in Attendance: Christian Spies, Rogelio Wallace, David Johnson, Ben Brenneman, Michael King, Delwin Goss, Gabe Flores, David Deshaine and Randy Pomikahl Members Not in Attendance: Ben Brenneman Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Jordan Word (DSD), Marty Starrett (DSD), Joshua Davis(DSD), Maria Jaramillo(DSD), Roderick Burns(DSD) and Mitchell Tolbert(DSD) February 16, 2022 1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There was no registration of citizens to speak at this Electrical Board. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the December 15, 2021 regular called meeting was approved. Vice Chair member Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes as written, Board member Pomikahl second the motion, and the motion passed 8-0. Board member Goss phone it after the approval took place. 3. DISCUSSION a. IBC Changes in relation with the IEC and IECC- DSD Plan Review Manager Mitchell Tolbert mentions that current edition to the IBC does have some verbiage of generators and backup systems that does not have any effective changes to the electrical code but indicates the 2024 edition will a lot that specifically focuses on EV chargers with minimum requirement of parking stations. Additional upcoming changes are on the horizon but plan review will take a closer look at those in 2023 and how they coincide with NEC. b. Austin Energy Criteria Manual- Marty Starrett provided information that Austin Energy quarterly meeting was set for Wednesday Feb 17. No further update was provided. c. Disconnect Locations- Staff Marty Starrett mentioned he had requested staff from Austin Energy to speak in today’s Electrical Board but no one from A.E replied. In an unrelated topic, staff Tolbert mentioned that AE was working on creating a “pre- review” group that will assist in coordinating issues related to disconnect means being required outside of NEC requirements. As of now that pre-review group is still in the forming stages and DSD hopes to know a little more about it and what will it entails in the coming days. d. Residential and Commercial Inspection Update- On the commercial side, Marty informed that two inspectors have left the inspection team and has posted two replacements position to re-fill. Expectancy to refill those positons is by the end of the week. On the residential side, …
