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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - Minutes - Business Council Committee - Meeting Date: 8/16/2018Glendale A R I Z O N A MINUTES BUSINESS COUNCIL COMMITTEE CITY HALL 5850 W. GLENDALE AVE. CONFERENCE ROOM 2A GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301 AUGUST 16, 2018 2:00 P.M. Chair, Joyce Clark, Council Member Vice Chair, Bart Shea Lauren Tolmachoff, Vice Mayor Ray Malnar, Council Member Dale Adams David Coble John Crow Yvonne Knaack Ricardo Toris 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Present: Joyce Clark, Councilmember, Chair Bart Shea, Vice Chair; arrived at 2:07 p.m. Lauren Tolmachoff, Vice Mayor Ray Malnar, Councilmember Dale Adams, Member; arrived at 2:04 p.m. David Coble, Member John Crow, Member Yvonne Knaack, Member Ricardo Toris, Member Also Present: Stephen Dudley, Building Safety Official Brian Friedman, Director of Economic Development Sam McAllen, Development Services Director 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS Chairperson Clark called for citizen comments. No citizen comments were made. 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES a. Business Council Committee Minutes of June 21, 2018. Motioned by Councilmember Ray Malnar, seconded by Vice Mayor Lauren Tolmachoff to approve the June 21, 2018 Busniess Council Committee meeting minutes. AYE: Councilmember, Chair Joyce Clark Vice Chair; arrived at 2:07 p.m. Bart Shea Vice Mayor Lauren Tolmachoff Councilmember Ray Malnar Member; arrived at 2:04 p.m. Dale Adams Member David Coble Member John Crow Member Yvonne Knaack Member Ricardo Toris Passed 5. Review and Discussion of Building Code Amendments Chairperson Clark asked staff to provide future codes being reviewed and discussed by the Committee to be sent electronically to all Committee members and to only provide hard copies to Committee members who specifically request such copies. Chairperson Clark noted there are a lot of pages in the Explanation of Proposed Amendments to the 2018 Building Codes for the Committee to review today. Sheintends to have the Committee identify codes by the page numbers at the bottom of each page to make this review process easier to follow. She stated that she will identify each code page and if any Committee member would like to discuss the content of that page in greater detail, the page will be set aside for further discussion. If no discussion is needed, she'll ask the Committee to take a vote regarding the content of that page. Once all pages have been initially reviewed, the Committee will go back and discuss the pages identified for further discussion. The amendments proposed on the following pages were voted on to be approved as written:3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 27, 28, 31, 34, 36, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, 67, 71, 73, 77-78, 79, 81, 82, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 101, 102, 104, 107, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 118, 120, 126, 127, and 129. The amendment proposed on page 4 was voted to be deleted. The amendments proposed on the following pages were voted on to be discussed by the Committee: 7, 12-13, 14, 19, 20, 21-22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 45, 48, 54, 59, 62, 68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 80, 83, 84, 85-86, 91, 96, 99, 103, 105, 106, 108, 111, 116, 117, 119, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 130, 131, 132, and pages 134-144. Chairperson Clark asked the Committee to focus on the amendment pages that were identified for further discussion. The proposed amendment on Page 7 referencing IBC Section 105.2(2) was discussed. A motion was made by David Coble to modify the amendment to read: "Fences not over 6 feet 8 inches high except for perimeter subdivision fences." The motion was seconded by Councilmember Malnar. The motion passed unanimously. The proposed amendment on pages 12 and 13 referencing IBC Section 109 was discussed. A motion was made by Bart Shea to accept the amendment as written. The motion was second by Vice Mayor Tolmachoff. The motion passed unanimously. The proposed amendment on page 14 referencing IBC Section 109.8 was discussed. A motion was made by Councilmember Malnar to eliminate the suggested amendment. The motion received a second from Bart Shea. The motion did not pass on a 5 to 4 vote. Chairperson Clark noted the proposed amendment on page 14 was approved as written. The proposed amendment on page 19 referencing IBC Section 110.3.12 was discussed. Chairperson Clark stated that this item would be tabled to allow staff, Stephen Dudley, an opportunity to do research on the items discussed about this proposed amendment. The proposed amendment on page 20 referencing Section 111.3 was discussed. Stephen Dudley explained the 30 -day time frame is what is currently in place with the City Council approved Community Development Fee Schedule. Mr. Dudley commented that flexibility in the language to include text stating "...or as approved by the Building Safety Official' would provide staff with he flexibility to adjust the temporary certificate of occupancy timeframes. He also mentioned this could be addressed the next time the Community Development Fee Schedule is presented to City Council. David Coble motioned to approve the proposed amendment with the additional language provided by Mr. Dudley. The motion was seconded by Yvonne Knaack. The motion passed unanimously. Chairperson Clark noted that the time allotted for the meeting had elapsed and that we would resume reviewing the identified sections of the proposed code amendments, starting with the ones identified today as needing additional researched, when the Business Council Committee reconvenes on September 20, 2018. 6. OTHER BUSINESS No other business was discussed during this meeting. 7. STAFF REPORT There were no staff reports discussed during this meeting. 8. COMMITTEE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS No other business, committee comments, or suggestions were made. 9. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Business Council Committee will be held on September 20, 2018 at 2:00 p.m., located at 5850 W. Glendale Ave, Glendale, Arizona, 85301. 10. ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Clark adjourned the meeting at 3:46 P.M. The Business Council Committee meeting minutes of August 16, 2018 were submitted and approved this 18th day of October, 2018. Sam McAllen Development Services Director Denise Kazmierczak Recording Secretary