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Dec. 15, 2021

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ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday December 15, 2021 @ 10:00 AM PERMITTING DEVELOPMENT CENTER 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DR 4TH FLOOR- CONFERENCE ROOM-4001 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Gabriel Flores-Chair (Garza); Delwin Goss (Renteria); Randy Pomikahl (Tovo), David Johnson- V Chair (Madison) Michael King (Paige), Rogelio Wallace (Adler), Nicole Stasek (Kitchen), Ben Brenneman (Alter), Deschaine, David (Pool); Christian Spies(Kelly) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER Speakers will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns. GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes from Regular Called Meeting September 15, 2. DISCUSSION AND ACTION- 2022 Board Schedule 2021 3. DISCUSSION a. Discussion- IBC Code Changes in reference to Electrical b. Discussion- Criteria Manual c. Discussion- Meter disconnect location within site language d. Discussion- Inspection Update on 2020 Code e. Discussion- DSD Permit Program f. Discussion- Solar systems for Apartment update g. Discussion- Qualification of Combination Inspector 4. 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.

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Dec. 15, 2021

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2022 Meeting Schedule for Electric Board The board shall meet monthly at 10:00 am or when the board is legally required to meet to comply with a legal deadline. MEETING DATES CANCELLED DATES Notes (The 3rd Wednesday) January 19, 2022 February 16, 2022 March 16, 2022 April 20, 2022 May 18, 2022 June 15, 2022 July 20, 2022 August 17, 2022 September 21, 2022 October 19, 2022 November 16, 2022 December 14, 2022 Election of Officers Annual Report Due Annual Meeting schedule Due Remember to note change in regular meeting date if it conflicts with a holiday.

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ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday November 17, 2021 @ 10:00 AM PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CENTER 4TH FLOOR- CONFERENCE ROOM-4001 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Gabriel Flores-Chair (Garza); Delwin Goss (Renteria); Randy Pomikahl (Tovo), David Johnson- V Chair (Madison) Michael King (Paige), Rogelio Wallace (Adler), Nicole Stasek (Kitchen), Ben Brenneman (Alter), Adamson, David (Pool) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER Speakers will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns. GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes from Regular Called Meeting August 18, 2021 2. DISCUSSION AND ACTION- 2022 Board Schedule 3. DISCUSSION a. Discussion- IBC Code Changes in reference to Electrical b. Discussion- Criteria Manual c. Discussion- Meter disconnect location within site language d. Discussion- Inspection Update on 2020 Code e. Discussion- DSD Permit Program f. Discussion- Solar systems for Apartment update g. Discussion- Qualification of Combination Inspector 4. 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.

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Oct. 20, 2021

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ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday October 20, 2021 @ 10:00 AM PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CENTER 4TH FLOOR- CONFERENCE ROOM-4001 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Gabriel Flores-Chair (Garza); Delwin Goss (Renteria); Randy Pomikahl (Tovo), David Johnson- V Chair (Madison) Michael King (Paige), Rogelio Wallace (Adler), Nicole Stasek (Kitchen), Ben Brenneman (Alter), Adamson, David (Pool) AGENDA CALL TO ORDER Speakers will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns. GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes from Regular Called Meeting August 18, 2021 2. DISCUSSION AND ACTION- 2022 Board Schedule 3. DISCUSSION a. Discussion- IBC Code Changes in reference to Electrical b. Discussion- Criteria Manual c. Discussion- Meter disconnect location within site language d. Discussion- Inspection Update on 2020 Code e. Discussion- DSD Permit Program f. Discussion- Solar systems for Apartment update g. Discussion- Qualification of Combination Inspector 4. 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.

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Sept. 15, 2021

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ELECTRIC BOARD Wednesday September 15, 2021 @ 10:00 AM PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CENTER 4TH FLOOR- CONFERENCE ROOM-4001 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: AGENDA CALL TO ORDER Gabriel Flores-Chair (Garza); Delwin Goss-V.Chair (Renteria); Randy Pomikahl (Tovo), David Johnson (Madison) Michael King (Paige), Rogelio Wallace (Adler), Nicole Stasek (Kitchen), Ben Brenneman (Alter), Adamson, David (Pool) Speakers will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns. GENERAL CITIZEN COMMUNICATION 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes from Regular Called Meeting August 18, 2021 2 DISCUSSION a. Discussion- Criteria Manual Update b. Discussion- Update on Tentative Interim Agreement c. Discussion- Legislation Update d. Discussion- Inspection update on 2020 Code e. Discussion- DSD Permit Program f. Discussion- Solar systems zoning for Apartments g. Discussion- IBC Code Changes affecting Electrical h. Discussion- Covid update 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.

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Electric Board APPROVED MINUTES The Electric Board convened in a Regular Called Board Meeting on September 15, 2021 at the Planning Development Center at 10:10 am. Board Members in Attendance: Gabe Flores, Rogelio Wallace, David Johnson, Ben Brenneman, Michael King and Randy Pomikahl Members Not in Attendance: Nicole Stasek and David Adamson; Delwin Goss Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Mitchell Tolbert (DSD), Marty Starrett (DSD) REGULAR CALLED MEETING September 15, 2021 1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There was no registration of citizens to speak at this Electrical Board. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the August 18, 2021 regular called meeting was approved. Board member Pomikahl made a motion to approve the minutes as written, Board member King second the motion, and the motion passed 6-0. 2 DISCUSSION a. Austin Criteria Manual Update- No update. Next scheduled meeting with Austin Energy is in October. Staff did make aware to Austin Energy to invite the Electrical Board to this meeting. b. Tentative Interim Agreement- Vice. Chair Johnson updates the board that the Standard Council has approved the TIA and will incorporate itself into the NEC and become effective Sept 15, 2021. TDLR will possibly review this in or around 90 days and could quite possibly mirror the NEC has come up with as there is compatibility issues that would need to be resolved. c. Legislature Update- No updates as of now. Perhaps in October. d. Inspection Update on 2020 Code – DSD Commercial Electrical Supervisor Starrett has indicated no issues on the commercial side that has surfaced as well as residential. Questions and conversations did follow on the number of receptacles outlets are required or needed on kitchen islands. Discussion is still ongoing with residential DSD staff. e. DSD Permit Program-.Staff Mitchell Tolbert updated that there has been some minor edits in the program and that many permits that are being submitted online are being sent over to the inspection admin staff for issuance. Inspection staff will review the submittal and send them back for issuance with the service center. And those needing reviewed are being sent to plan review. Permit staff has had a few vacancies and have begun to fill those positions. There are still more positions to fill but staff are trying to get training to those who have come aboard and catch them up to speed before filling rest of those positions. f. Solar Systems for Apartments …

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Aug. 18, 2021

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Electrical Board August 18, 2021 @10:00 AM Electrical Board to be held August 18, 2021 at 10:00 am with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (Tuesday August 17, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the August 18, Electrical Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Rick Arzola at 512-974-2417 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 Tabla eléctrica 18 de agosto de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. El tablero eléctrico se llevará a cabo el 18 de agosto de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los ponentes deben registrarse con anticipación (martes 17de agosto de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión de la Junta Eléctrica del 18 de agosto los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Rick Arzola al 512-974-2417 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 / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. Una vez que se haya llamado …

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Aug. 18, 2021

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REGULAR CALLED MEETING Electric Board APPROVED MINUTES The Electric Board convened in a Regular Called Board Meeting on August 18, 2021 via Web Ex Video Conference at 10:05 am. Board Members in Attendance: Gabe Flores, Delwin Goss, Rogelio Wallace, David Johnson, David Adamson, Michael King and Randy Pomikahl Members Not in Attendance: Nicole Stasek and Ben Brenneman Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Mitchell Tolbert (DSD), Marty Starrett (DSD) and Jordan Word (DSD) August 18, 2021 1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There was no registration of citizens to speak at this Electrical Board. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the May 19, 2020 regular called meeting was approved with modifications. Board member Johnson made a motion to approve the minutes as amended, Board member Goss second the motion, and the motion passed 7-0. 2 DISCUSSION a. Austin Criteria Manual Update- Commercial Electrical Supervisor Marty Starrett provide information to the board the topics of discussion: work in the flood plain, back feed into the network, change of ownership and edits and clearances to some tables in the criteria manual. Not much else was discussed and other topics of the meeting were shelved due to the metering department staff being absent. So not much else got discussed but are presently working on solar design criteria changes with AE and are discussing a new coalition agreement between AE and DSD involving solar. Chairman has put in the request for board members Johnson and himself to be involved at the next meeting due to many issues that he is hearing with scheduling of shutdowns and opening of meter and CT cans. b. Tentative Interim Agreement- Board member Johnson updated the board that the new TIA has passed panel 2 by a 12-1 vote and has pass the correlating committee by an l1-1 vote and awaits Standard council for the final vote. HBA are appealing to the standard council in the coming days to include their TIA that got voted down to include that all HVAC units not to be protected by GFCI until all details have been compromised. A ruling should be out by the end of the month which leaves the State of Texas free from protecting all HVAC units from GFCI. c. Legislature Update- Staff believes that this involves a house bill concerning contractor registration. DSD are in a process working out details for General Contractor registration. Vice Chair Johnson is requesting a …

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July 21, 2021

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Electrical Board July 21, 2021 @10:00 AM Electrical Board to be held July 21, 2021 at 10:00 am with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (Tuesday July 20, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the July 21, Electrical Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Rick Arzola at 512-974-2417 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 Tabla eléctrica 21 de julio de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. El tablero eléctrico se llevará a cabo el 21 de julio de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los ponentes deben registrarse con anticipación (martes 20 de julio de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión de la Junta Eléctrica del 21 de julio, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Rick Arzola al 512-974-2417 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 / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. Una vez que se haya …

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May 19, 2021

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Electrical Board May 19, 2021 @10:00 AM Electrical Board to be held May 19, 2021 at 10:00 am with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (Tuesday May 18, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the May 19, Electrical Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Rick Arzola at 512-974-2417 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 Tabla eléctrica 19 de mayo de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. El tablero eléctrico se llevará a cabo el 19 de mayo de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los ponentes deben registrarse con anticipación (martes 18 de mayo de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión de la Junta Eléctrica del 19 de mayo, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Rick Arzola al 512-974-2417 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 / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. Una vez que se haya …

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May 19, 2021

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REGULAR CALLED MEETING Electric Board DRAFT MINUTES The Electric Board convened in a Regular Called Board Meeting on May 19, 2021 via Web Ex Video Conference at 10:22 am. Board Members in Attendance: Gabe Flores, Delwin Goss, Rogelio Wallace, David Johnson, David Adamson, Michael King and Randy Pomikahl Members Not in Attendance: Nicole Stasek and Ben Brenneman Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Eric Zimmerman (DSD), Mitchell Tolbert (DSD), Marty Starrett (DSD) and Jordan Word (DSD) MAY 19, 2021 1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There was no registration of citizens to speak at this Electrical Board. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the March 17, 2020 regular called meeting was approved as written. Board member Johnson made a motion to accept the minutes as written. Board member Goss second the motion, motion passed 7-0. 2 DISCUSSION a. Election of Officers- David Johnson nominated Gabe Flores as Chair, Delwin Goss seconded the Motion. Board member Pomikahl nominates David Johnson as Vice Chair, board member Goss seconded the motion. Motion pass 6-0-1. Chairman Flores abstained from the vote. b. Austin Criteria Manual Update- Commercial Electrical Supervisor Marty Starrett gave his update to the board from the last quarterly meeting with Austin Energy. In that update, the two biggest discussion was meter location and main disconnect location. Other two topics that were discussed were metering operations and Commercial Multi-family unit’s solar systems. Austin Energy are beginning to enforce penalties if the meter is located at the transformer and not being within sight of that meter. This has become an Austin Energy design component issue and based on these enforcements, this has become a safety concerns for their workers. Board member Pomikahl express concerns as this could eventually be a huge cost issue and staff has encouraged if board members could express their concerns to this at the next quarterly meeting for input, if they are able to. If not, staff will meet with selected board members and gather their information for comment to AE. Residential Supervisor Eric Zimmerman also updated the board on the Distributed Interconnection Guide (DIG), which is a solar criteria manual that is line with the Criteria Manual. They are in the process of reviewing and re-writing of that manual and one of the items that has come up, AE is considering solar PV as a service and classify it as a service to prevent homeowners from pulling a homestead permit. …

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March 17, 2021

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Electrical Board March 17, 2021 @10:00 AM Electrical Board to be held March 17, 2021 at 10:00 am with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (Tuesday March 16, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the March 17, Electrical Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Rick Arzola at 512-974-2417 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 Tabla eléctrica 17 de marzo de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. El tablero eléctrico se llevará a cabo el 17 de marzo de 2020 a las 10:00 a.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los ponentes deben registrarse con anticipación (martes 16 de marzo de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión de la Junta Eléctrica del 17 de marzo, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Rick Arzola al 512-974-2417 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 / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. Una vez que se haya …

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MARCH 17, 2021 REGULAR CALLED MEETING Electric Board APPROVED MINUTES The Electric Board convened in a Regular Called Board Meeting on March 17, 2021 via Web Ex Video Conference at 10:07 am. Board Members in Attendance: Gabe Flores, Delwin Goss, Mark Weaver, Ben Brenneman, Rogelio Wallace and David Johnson Members Not in Attendance: Nicole Stasek, Derek LaRue, David Adamson, Randy Pomikahl and Michael King Staff in Attendance: Rick Arzola (DSD), Eric Zimmerman (DSD), Mitchell Tolbert (DSD) and Todd Wilcox (DSD), Marty Starrett (DSD) and Jordan Word(DSD) 1. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: There was no registration of citizens to speak at this Electrical Board. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes from the November 17, 2020 regular called meeting was approved as written after modifications were made to Item 4B per Board member Weaver. Board member Johnson made a motion to accept the minutes as written. Board member Goss second the motion, motion passed 6-0. 2 DISCUSSION a. Criteria Manual Update- Commercial Electrical Supervisor Marty Starrett updated board members that DSD Staff met with Austin Energy back on Jan 21st. In that meeting AE discussed some new post design criteria manual changes. Here are some of those changes even though awaiting feedback from DSD:  On underground, would require either rigid or scheduled 80 but added a change where you can use scheduled 40 if it was concreting casing.  Fees for affordable housing waivers- A.E line extension fees.  Conductor clearances on overhead multiplex lines for buildings.  Added code changes to NEC 230.85 and 230.71- Emergency disconnects and 6 handle rule removal but later removed it from the code language and just put references to those codes.  Made edits to their temporary figures to show main breakers in panels based on the NEC article 230.71 but DSD suggested since edits are being made to remove grounding details.  DSD also suggested to add grounding to represent City of Austin electrical code for grounding electrode conductor requirements. AE accepted this.  DSD also requested for removal the previously inspected homebuilders loop being allowed to be connected without a permit or inspections to be removed from the Criteria Manual. AE agreed to that removal.  Discussion on creating a new flowcharts for design and construction for electrical utilities. As far as the point of attachment (service), staff felt that AE was putting this on the back burner for later. b. Inspection Update on …

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Feb. 17, 2021

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Electrical Board February 17, 2021 @10:00 AM Electrical Board to be held February 17, 2021 at 10:00 am with Social Distancing Modifications Public comment will be allowed via telephone; no in-person input will be allowed. All speakers must register in advance (Tuesday February 16, 2021 by noon). All public comment will occur at the beginning of the meeting. To speak remotely at the February 17, Electrical Board Meeting, residents must: •Call or email the board liaison at Rick Arzola at 512-974-2417 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 Tabla eléctrica 17 de febrero de 2021 a las 10:00 a.m. El tablero eléctrico se llevará a cabo el 17 de febrero de 2020 a las 10:00 a.m. con modificaciones de distanciamiento social Se permitirán comentarios públicos por teléfono; no se permitirá ninguna entrada en persona. Todos los ponentes deben registrarse con anticipación (martes 16 de febrero de 2021 antes del mediodía). Todos los comentarios públicos se producirán al comienzo de la reunión. Para hablar de forma remota en la reunión de la Junta Eléctrica del 17 de febrero, los residentes deben: • Llame o envíe un correo electrónico al enlace de la junta en Rick Arzola al 512-974-2417 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 / neutrales, y un número de teléfono o dirección de correo electrónico. Una vez que se haya …

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