ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday March 16, 2022 @ 10:00 AM- IN PERSON PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT CENTER/ 4TH FLOOR, CONF RM 4001 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR AUSTIN, TEXAS 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) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER PUBLIC COMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each 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 February 16, 2022. 2. DISCUSSION a. Discussion- Austin Energy Criteria Manual b. Discussion- Disconnect Locations c. Discussion- Residential and Commercial Inspection Update d. Discussion- DSD Permit Process with the Service Center e. 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 at the Permitting Development Center at 10:05 am. Board Members in Attendance: Rogelio Wallace, David Johnson, Michael King, Delwin Goss, Gabe Flores, Victoria Shope and Randy Pomikahl Members Not in Attendance: Ben Brenneman, Christian Spies and David Deshaine Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Jordan Word (DSD), Eric Zimmerman (DSD), Joshua Davis (DSD), Joey Hernandez (AE) and Joan Wilhite (AE) March 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 February 16, 2022 regular called meeting was approved. Vice Chair member Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes as written, Board member King second the motion, and the motion passed 6-0. Board member Shope arrived after the approval minutes was voted on. 3. DISCUSSION A. Austin Energy Criteria Manual- Austin Energy Manager of Field Operations Joan Wilhite addressed the board indicating that they are really no big changes to Criteria Manual but they are trying to clean up some items in the Manual that are causing some confusion by misinterpretations especially on disconnect locations. She also updated that they are creating new process information that will benefit contractors. Other than those small issues, she also provided information that in conjunction with Development Service Department (DSD), AE will be creating a new Contractor Disconnect Program. This program will allow contractors to visit the problem site, disconnect the services, go thru the inspection process and then will be allowed to make the permanent connection before Austin Energy comes back to energize the location. Currently this program is being model by the special inspection program that DSD is operating under and there will be some guidelines to this model once the development of the website is established. Austin Energy will provide training to contractors on this scenario on how this will program will operate. Other changes coming is an online scheduling tool where contractors will be able to schedule outages based on availability on the schedule but still will need to schedule with inspections for approval on the date you are requesting for services. There will a 30 day registration period for contractors to sign up. They will sign up with AE intake services headed by Marvin Pace which will review the registration and signing …
