BUILDING & STANDARDS COMMISSION

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Council Chamber

Regular Session

7:00 PM

FIRST FLOOR OF CITY HALL

7008 S. RICE AVENUE

BELLAIRE, TX  77401

 Agenda

Chair

Dan R. Collins

Vice Chair

Danny Spencer

Commissioner

 Lee Hampton

Commissioner

George Williams

Commissioner

Stephen Redding

Commissioner

Christina Stone

Commissioner

Paul Coselli

REGULAR SESSION - 7:00 P.M.

NOTICE OF POSSIBLE TELEPHONIC PARTICIPATION

Pursuant to Section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code, on March 16, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas granted the Office of the Attorney General's request for the temporary suspension of certain provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act to allow for telephonic or videoconference meetings of governmental bodies that are accessible to the public in an effort to reduce in-person meetings that assemble large groups of people, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19.

As that temporary suspension remains in effect, notice is hereby given that individual members of the Building and Standards Commission of the City of Bellaire, Texas, may choose to participate in this Regular Session telephonically rather than in person.

Additionally, members of the public will be entitled to address the Building and Standards Commission, either telephonically or in person, at the time for personal/audience comments.  Any person desiring to address the Commission telephonically must submit their request via e-mail to Marleny Campos at mcampos@bellairetx.gov.  All such requests must be received prior to the start of the meeting and include the speaker's full name and the phone number from which they will be calling.  The toll-free dial-in number to address the Commission telephonically is 1-888-475-4499, Meeting ID:  972 4848 2801.  Speakers will be recognized during personal/audience comments in the order their requests are received.

A.

Call to Order

B.

Announcement of a Quorum

C.

Rules for Public Comment

1. Sign up forms will be available at all Regular and Special meetings for registering the names of members of the Public who wish to either: i) speak on an agenda item, provided such items have not been the subject of a prior public hearing; or ii) make a general comment related to the Commission business. These forms will be given to the Secretary prior to the start of the meeting so that the person's name can be called to address the Commission at the appropriate time.

2. Public Comments on agenda items will be made at the time an agenda item appears in the Order of Business and before the Commission's consideration of that item.

3. Public Comments of a general nature shall be made at the time designated by the Order of Business.

4. All public comments shall be limited to six (6) minutes per speaker with extensions of two (2) minute increments as approved by a majority vote of Commission members present.

5. Public Comment at Workshop meetings will be allowed at the discretion of the Chair. Any comments will be limited as described in Article IV Sec 8.

D.

Approval or Correction of the Minutes

1.

Building & Standards Commission - Feb 26 2020 - Minutes - Pdf

E.

Public Comment

F.

Report from the Building Official

Memo-BSC Items Update

G.

Reports of Committees, Communications, and Staff Other than the Building Official

1.

Communications to Commission Members Outside of Posted Meetings

2.

Committee Reports

a.

Update from the Building and Standards Commission and the Environmental Sustainability Board  subcommittee

3.

Reports from Staff Other than the Building Official

H.

Old Business

1.

Discussion, consideration, and possible action on proposed amendments to Chapter 9, Article II, Building Codes to amend the following section: Section 9-17 Amendments to the Building Code, Section 105.1.b.4 to increase the minimum required insurance for building contractors within in the City of Bellaire.

Agenda Statement Report - Pdf

2.

 Discussion, consideration, and possible action on proposed amendments to Chapter 9, Buildings, of the City of Bellaire’s Code of Ordinances, Section 9-18, Drainage requirements for residential construction, regarding drainage requirements for all new construction.

Agenda Statement Report - Pdf

I.

New Business

1.

The Chair shall recognize any Commissioner who wishes to bring New Business to the attention of the Commission. Consideration of New Business shall be for the limited purpose of determining whether the matter is appropriate for inclusion on a future agenda of the Commission or referral to Staff for investigation.

J.

Public Hearings

K.

Announcements and Comments by Commissioners

L.

Adjournment