Jun 03, 2021 Health & Building Standards Commission on 2021-06-03 3:00 PM

you can talk about this legally. Okay, we've got a quorum, so I'm going to call the meeting to order at about 18 minutes after three. We will have the Pledge of Allegiance. I believe that's the first item on the agenda. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic, one nation under God, indivisible, in liberty and justice for all. And I'm going to have David lead us in the next one. Thank you, David. I don't know if I remember the Texas flag. Texas flag. I honor the Texas flag. I pledge allegiance to the Texas one state, one indivisible. That was a very good job. Good. The first item on the agenda is we need to consider the approval of the May 13th, 2021 meeting minutes. Does everybody have a copy of that that's present? And we will need somebody to make a motion and you will have to have been present at the meeting of May 13. Greg, I'll make the motion. Let it be stated that David Mullen made the motion. Do I have a second? I second that motion. Cory, thank you very much for this. Those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Let the meeting minutes show that it passed. The next item on the agenda is to receive a report and hold a discussion and give a staff direction relating the processes of the update of the construction codes and standards as adopted by the city. International plumbing, mechanical, fuel, gas, and related codes of building fire, existing building, residential swimming pool and spa, energy code, and national electrical code. Excuse me. The primary focus will be for the national electric code, the international mechanical, plumbing, and fuel gas and assorted references to the other codes as applicable. Thanks, Emily, for writing all that down. So, at discussing Tory to bring you up to speed, now that we're holding our meeting, we're going to sounds like have the same verbiage up above that we just discussed. I just read. But next meeting, we will most likely dive into the code that will start with mechanical, plumbing, and possibly fuel gas as a footnote of what topics we will most likely attempt to cover. If we can leave it open-ended, Stephanie, can we leave it open-ended that we will attempt to get to, say, the fuel gas? And if we don't, we will push it to the following agenda? Yes, because it's listed as a possible topic of consideration. Okay, so if Emily could push us, say, the first four or five items, knowing we're going to cover the first two or three next week, and if we fly through them, they're still on the list and we move forward to the next one, and if we get through them all, wonderful. If we only stop on the first and we stay there the whole hour, well, then it will be exciting. And Emily will send you the background information of the codes that have changed, the alterations, the suggestions or modifications. Is that right, Emily? Okay. So she's shaking her head, so that means it's all going to be done perfect, and each of you board members will be receiving an email between now and the next meeting. Is there anybody that would not be able to make the next meeting, which I believe will be, is that going to be the 10th, am I correct? Is that going to be a virtual meeting? I mean, is that going to be an in-person meeting? Well, there was discussion. I think that Selena needs to answer that one. Yes, sir. We are planning on doing that one in person. Okay. Sebastian, you made a comment one time. You may be uncomfortable in doing so. Do we need to make provisions for you to be able to log in from afar? I'll just go ahead and show up. It's just further to travel. I have to miss more time, but that's fine. I'll just show up in person. Well, let me ask the question of, I guess, Stephanie or Emily, or maybe it's the virtual host. If anybody is unable to show up, we could still do it virtually, and we could some meet in person and some come in as a virtual. Is that a possibility and still legal? Yes. Thank you. Virtual hosts may be busy right now, not realizing what we're talking about because it's exciting. They want to follow up and see if that can be done for Sebastian or anybody else that has that issue. Quorum's most important. Tori, are you available? I'm available, but I'm still out of town. Matter of fact, I'm out of the state. I'm currently in North Carolina, and next week I'll be in Virginia. Well, we could move the meeting to that location, but it'd be better if you log in. But I will call in. Okay. Emily, is there something you or Selena want to check on in regards to- Yes, I will check on it. Due to the new resolution passed by city council, Habsco is going, starting on the 14th, will be considered an in-person only meeting. But I will reach out to the city secretary to see if there might be a virtual option for Ms. Mitchell or Mr. Dugadillo. Did you say the 14th is when that will be required to meet in person? Yes. I can see if our meeting on the 10th can still be virtual since it hasn't reached that deadline. But once June 14th comes around, it will be considered a fully in-person meeting. Did everybody with the board hear that? Yes. Okay. Yes, we heard it. I heard it. Okay. So Selena, when you're busy with the agenda together, we need to make sure that we start working with people's schedules now that summer's here, and we try to make sure we have a quorum every time, because we would not want Stephanie to get upset. Are there any other notes that we can cover at this point in time, or are we needing to adjourn and be better prepared for next week? Emily. I just wanted to make sure everybody was able to sign in to ICC and access the codes and make notes if they wanted to. I know I went in today, I saw Greg has added some notes in the plumbing code. So if you can't, please reach out to me. I'm happy to walk you through it. I was able to log in. Okay, great. I've been in. Okay, excellent. And I think, Tori, you and I got it down on your computer too. Yes, you were an excellent teacher. Yes, thank you. Great. The notes I made, I just copied off of YouTube and made them up, so it wasn't a big deal. Okay. Then, is there any other discussion at this point in time before we adjourn the meeting? Any other questions regarding this? Selena, you'll follow up with the schedule and working through the details and let us know. Emily's going to send us out an email regarding the topics and the footnotes that we need to most likely focus on first. And then we will start next week on the 10th. Same time, possibly different location at the city offices and those that zoom in will zoom in. Yes, sir. Are you meeting in that room, Emily, where we met the other day, the boardroom? Or will this be at City Council? I am not certain where we will meet because we'll want to, if we're doing like a zoom, we'll want to have some way to, you know, dial into somebody. This would be a great room, but I don't know if that's allowed or, you know, all that. We may be going to the chamber. I don't know if we're going to the chamber like we used to. There's definitely a possibility, but I can reach back out once the location is determined. Well we knew you were a genius and you would figure it out. Thank you. Okay, I need somebody to make a motion to adjourn. I motion to adjourn. Sebastian, thank you. Do I have a second? Yes, sir. I second that motion. Tori, thank you very much. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, it passes. Thank you, everybody. Stephanie, you were great help. I don't know about that. Thank you, Greg.