HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Mechanical/Plumbing Advisory Board - 04/12/2012MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Mechanical/Plumbing Advisory Board
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Time: 2 p.m.
2406 Leopard St., Corpus Christi, Texas 78408
Development Services
3rd Floor, Fire Department's Training Room
I. Call to Order
Meeting was called to order at 2:1 Op. m.
11. Roll Call
Board Members Present.- Butch Bailey, Stacey Gallagher, Gilbert Canales, Bruce
Hawn, Ronald Klepac, Billy Largin, David Mathews,
Sean Rodriguez and Karim Salighedar
Board Members Absent: Julio Sanchez and James Mokry
City Staff Present. Mark Van Vleck, Steve Van Patten and Catherine Garza
111. Approval of Minutes from Special Board Meetings November 16, 2011 and December 14, 2011
It was determined that the November meeting minutes had been approved the previous
meeting.
Mr. Mathews made the first motion and Mr. Largin made the second motion; all members
were in favor to approve the minutes from the December 14, 2011 meeting.
IV. Mark Van Vleck, Interim Director of Development Services, to Give an Update on the Tapping
Procedures for Public Water Mains; Water Tap Fees
Mr. Van Heck stated that the City will continue to execute water taps, but as an option,
and no longer a mandate, contractors approved by the City will be allowed to perform
them as well. In the past, the common complaint by customers was that taps were not
occurring in a timely fashion and there were no other options available, Tap fees will
follow the ordinance.
V. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Current Amendments to Technical Construction Code
Sections Concerning Backflow Regulations and Adherence to TCEQ requirements.
No action taken on this agenda item. Mr. Van Heck stated that from what he recalls, the
action taken at the last City Council meeting was that it was adopted as is.
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Regular Meeting
April 12, 2012
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VI. Identify items to be placed on next Agenda
The Board and City staff had no new items to add for next meeting's agenda.
VIL Building Official's Report
A. Department Updates
Mr. Van Vleck informed the Board that he has assumed all duties that former Building
Official/Director, Stephen Draper possessed; has not made any changes within the
department at this point. As for now, he is still trying to assimilate and get familiar with
the Department's processes. Everything with regards to any positionsIdecisions that Mr.
Draper may have put in place, are still in effect.
Currently, he is trying to determine what problems are affecting the enforcement of the
2009 Residential Code after the 60-day grace period which may lead to his decision to
delay its enforcement.
Mr. Van Weck also wanted to reiterate to the Board that if we feel that there is a problem
with a certain code then we should not ignore it. We need to make sure and utilize the
Advisory Boards as part of the review process when bringing forth written
recommendations, with in their field, for local amendments to the Ordinance.
Recommendations that are voted on would be forwarded to the Building Code Board of
Appeals and then ultimately to the City Council. He feels it is part of everyone's duty to
contribute feedback in order to give City Council an informed vote, which to use the
Back/7ow issue as an example, it may not have started in that manner but ultimately
ended in that fashion.
B. Staffing
Mr. Van Heck explained that the Department is working with the Budget to add a
position and working on filling a current vacancy with in the Inspection Division.
VIII. Public Comment
No one addressed the Board during public comment.
IX. Adjournment
Mr. Mathews made the first motion to adjourn and Mr. Hawn seconded. Meeting
adjourned at 2:50 p.m.
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