2012-0419 Regular City Commission Meeting

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Summary Minutes: Regular City Commission Meeting April 19, 2012 City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida the wind design, for the most part the design pressures do not change. FEMA Regulations have also been included in the Florida Building Code. The Flood Plain Regulations Rate Assistance Program is based on the rating that the City receives every year, and the residents receive a premium on their flood insurance, this adoption still allows us to protect the community rate system which means the residents will still benefit from the premium reductions that they have as a result of that Program. There will be some changes that need to be made at the County level in Chapter 8, there will be a meeting in June where they will adopt their Flood Plain Regulations, and once that happens we will be able to update our Regulations and we will present it to the Commission at that time in terms of changes we will have to make and how it impacts our City. Some of the other highlights include certain standards related to roofing, replacement of roofing, they have also included an energy code in the Florida Building Code that deals with certificate of duct testing for any new single family homes that are constructed, and any replacement ACs will have to follow certain national recognized standards. The biggest change that is going to impact our City, the County, Broward County, is the retrofitting of commercial swimming pools to provide ADA accessibility to any public municipal pools, as well as commercial pools and in hotels, motels, and health clubs. The buildings that are exempt from this change are condominiums and apartment buildings but there are some standards that people have to follow and actually that discussion is still ongoing as they might provide some of these buildings with a certain amount of time in which to comply because it is going to mean a tremendous cost. There are also changes in the plumbing section to meet certain design and environmental standards. Public Speakers: None Commissioner Aelion said what is already built and doesn't break is grandfathered, however, we are near hurricane season and it would behoove us since the Building Code is in effect as of March 15, 2012, and the 185 MPH winds is in effect as the maximum allowable, and that in turn affects the possible replacement of glass, he would suggest that staff start, and he understands that the County is in the process of deciding and we will have to inherit those guidelines, but in the interim since we are just on the verge of hurricane season that we will get some internal guidelines to replace glass to accommodate 185 MPH. Building Official Clayton Parker said the reason it is not in our update right now is there are still some undecided factors that we have to get resolved with the Florida Building Commission. The 185 MPH sustained winds sounds like a substantial change, the biggest change is in glazing. Along with the new changes to the wind speed, they have changed the method of calculation. When you add it all up it goes to a.6 factor, and so your positive and negative design pressures on the glazing is going to be basically the same. All your current Metro Dade product approvals are going to probably remain the same, the only thing that will be added to the Notice of Acceptance will be the quoted standards that it meets 2010 Florida Building Code. The big change in glazing is in the new Energy Code and that is going to be quite substantial, and the issue that is still out there that has not been decided yet, typically when you replace glazing or a portion of the building, the new Code doesn't kick in until you get to 30% of the value of that structure. In the new Code, anything over 30% of the value of that structure has to be updated to the new Code. One of the State Senators is challenging that, they want any replacement of glass or anything to do with the envelope of the building to have to come up to the new more restrictive Code, and they are a lot more restrictive. The use of a single pane glass is probably going to be history, you are going to have to have 14