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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05031988 City of Sebastian POST OFFICE BOX 780127 cl SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA 32878 TELEPHONE (407) 589-5330 ?UBLIC MEETING CITY OF SEBASTIAN 2225 MAIN STREET INDIAN RIVER COUNTY FLORIDA THE SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORfDA, WILL HOLD THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1988 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. K. NAPPI, SECRETARY SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON THE ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED. REGULAR MEETING MAY 3, 1988 - 7:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES- REGULAR MEETING, OLD BUSINESS: 1) DISCUSSION: 2) DISCUSSION: 4/s/88 AIRPORT MAINTENANCE BUILDING INDIAN RIVER HOMES - BROTHERTON 3) IKE HUSSAIN - RE: BASSI, SANDY ATTORNEY MATTERS: BUILDING OFFICIAL MATTERS: NEW BUSINESS: LETTER OF RECIPROCITY MAHAN, IVAN F./HARV BLOCK EXAM - GAINESVILLE JENKINS, MICHAEL 'E./RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR PETERS, HOWARD W./ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR MACDONALD, JOHN J./MARINE CONSTRUCTION RAGSDALE, ROBIN R./ROOFING LIMITED SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT APPLICATIONS FOR APPRENTICE A/C & DUCT WORK SKIRTING FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT 15 MINUTES TO PUBLIC ADJOURN NOTE: IF ANY PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE ON. THE ABOVE MATTERS, HE/SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES, HE/SHE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY IN EVIDENCE ON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED. SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTiO~ BOARD ~ REGULAR MEETING - MAY 31~__~988 MEETING WAS CALLED' TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN CAREY AT 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: MR. CAPP -VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN MR. GREENIDGE MR. HALLGREN CHAIRMAN CARS"I ABSENT: MR. DERNBACH, EXCUSED ALSO PRESENT: BRUCE COOPER, BUILDING OFFICIAL APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION BY MR. CAPP, SECONDED BY MR. MEETING HELD 4/5/88 AS READ. HALLGREN TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF CARRIED. OLD BUSINESS DISCUSSION~ AIRPORT MAINTENANCE BUILDING MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT HE H~iD NO NEW. INFORMATION. AND'THAT HE THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE TABLED UNTIL NOTIFIED OF FURTHER INFORMATION. DISCUSSION: INDIAN RIVER HOMES - BROTHERTON MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO RESPONSE BACK AT THIS TIME. DISCUSSION: IKE HUSSAIN - RE: BASSI, SANDY MR. COOPER STATED THAT HE HAD REiNSPECTED MR. BASSI'S PROPERTY. AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED ALL THE CODE VIOLATIONS HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AT THiS POINT HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT HAD BEEN FINALED BY THE:ATTORNEY. MR. BASSI TOLD THAT BOARD THAT HE HAD BEEN OUT OF TOWN AND HAD NOT'HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK EVERYTHING OVER AND THAT HE WOULD SUBMIT A NEW LIST. MR. COOPER ASKED THAT THIS CASE BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE jUNE MEETING., HE FELT THAT MR. HUSSAiN HAD MADE AN EFFORT TO COMPLETE THE ORIGINAL LIST. MOTION BY ViCE CHAIRMAN DAMAN, SECONDED BY MR. CAPP TO ALLOW MR. BASSI TIME TO LOOK THINGS OVER AND THAT MR. HUSSAIN HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO COMPLY SO IT SHOULD BE TABLED UNTIL THE JUNE MEETING. CARRIED. MR. HUSSAIN SPOKE TO THE BOARD AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAD BEEN DONE UP TO THIS POINT. SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION ~0ARD ' REGHLAR. MEETING - MAY 3._ 1988 WM. SANDY MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT THERE WERE NO CODE VIOLATIONS WHERE THIS CASE WAS CONCERNED, MR. SANDY TOLD THE BOARD THAT HE WAS SATISFIED SO FAR BY WHAT WAS BEING DONE, BUT THAT THE FLOOD LIGHT STILL HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. MR. HUSSAIN SAID HE WOULD DO IT THE NEXT DAY. VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN SAID HE FELT MR. HUSSAIN WAS MAKING PROGRESS, 'BUT THAT THE LIGHT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN, SECONDED BY MR. CAPP THAT MR~ SANDY COME BACK iN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WITH A REPORT AND THAT THiS WILL ALL BE SETTLED. CARRIED. LETTER OF RECIPROCITY MAHAN, IVAN F./HARV MOTION BY VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN, SECONDEDBY MR. HALLGREN TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONi- CARRIED. A RECESS WAS TAKEN AT 8:10 P.M. TO GO OVER THE REST OF THE APPLICATIONS. MEETING REOPENED AT 8:22 P.M. WITH ALL PRESENT. BLOCK EXAM - GAINESVILLE JENKINS, MICHAEL E./RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR PETERS, HOWARD W./ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR MACDONALD, JOHN'J./MARINE CONSTRUCTION RAGSDALE, ROBIN R./ROOFING LIMITED MOTION BY MR. HALLGREN, SECONDED BY VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS. CARRIED. BUILDING OFFICIAL MATTERS MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT THE APPEAL OF JOHN B. ROBERTS, JR, TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE REVOCATION OF HIS LICENSE WAS DENIED. ALL OF' HIS PERMITS HAVE HAD A "STOP WORK" ORDER PUT ON THEM SINCE THAT TIME. SEVERAL OF THE HOMES ARE OWNED BY DOWN RIVER FUND AND THEY BROUGHT IN MR. DAVID- A. TAYLOR TO ACT AS THE QUALIFIER AND TAKE THEM OVER. MR. TAYLOR USE TO QUALIFYENERGY-WISE HOMES, INC. MR. TAYLOR TOLD MR. COOPER. THAT HE WAS A CERTIFIED CONTRACTOR. HE CLAIMS HE TOLD MR. COOPER AND THE BOARD SECRETARY THAT HE WAS iN THE PROCESS OF RENEWING HIS STATE LICENSE. SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTIO~ BOARD - REGULAR MEETfNG - MA~ BUILDING OFFICIAL MATTERS cont. MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THE PROBLEMS BEGAN WHEN MR.. TAYLOR SUBMITTED A COPY OF STATE LICENSE. AT THAT TIME THE BOARD SECRETARY NOTICED THAT THE LICENSE HAD BEEN ALTERED. MR. TAYLOR CLAIMS THIS DOCUMENT WAS FOUND iN SOME PAPER WORK ~EF~ IT WAS cONFISCATED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN ~EGARDS TO THE BERNIE~ROBERTS CASE. HE HELD ON TO THE DOCUMENT AND CLAIMS HE SUBMITTED iT BY ACCIDENT TOTHE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT MR. TAYLOR HAS APPLIED FOR THE RENEWAL OF HIS STATE LICENSE AS AN INDIVIDUAL. MR. TAYLOR TOLD THE BOARD THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENED LIKE MR. COOPER HAD SAID. HE HAD A COPY OF THE LICENSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD GIVEN TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. HE STATED THAT HE HAD PUT THE ALTERED LICENSE IN HIS FOLDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING IT WITH MR. COOPER AND TO FIND OUT IF IT HAl) EVER BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT BY SOMEONE ELSE. MICHAEL A. GUEST, BOCA RATON, OWNER OF SOME OF THE PROPERTIES, ASKED THE BOARD TO HELP HIM COMPLETE THESE HOMES BY .ALLOWING MR. TAYLOR TO PULL THE PERMITS. VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN STATED HE WAS ALL FOR A FULL INVESTIGATION OF THE "WHITE OUT'TRICK" AND ENCOURAGED THE BOARD TO SHARE THAT POSITION. MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THE PROPERTIES OWNED BY MR. GUEST'AND DOWN RIVER FUND WERE LOCATED AT: 111 HINCHMAN; 219 JOY HAVEN; 113 FRIAR CT.; 1.33 CAPRI AVE. MOTION BY MR. HALLGREN, SECONDED BY MR. CAPP TO APPROVE PENDING ANY OUTCOME FROM DPR TO ISSUE PERMITS. ViCE CHAIRMAN LAMAN ASKED.IF THEY WERE SAYING TO THROW AWAY THE ALTERED DOCUMENT, NOT TO LOOK INTOIT AND SEE IF HE GETS HIS LICENSE THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS AND ISSUE PERMITS OR HAVE A FULL INVESTIGATION INTO THE FRAUDULENT LICENSE. MR. HALLGREN NOTED THAT WITH MR. GUESTS INVESTMENTS DWINDLING AND THE PROPERTIES BEING A EYE SORE IN THE CITY, THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WOULD BE MONITORING THE SITUATION VERY CLOSELY .WITH THE ACTIVITIES MR. TAYLOR IS INVOLVED IN. HE ALSO FELT THAT THE "WHITE OUT CAPER" SHOULD BE LEFT UP TO DPR. MR. COOPER SAID THE ALTERED LICENSEWOULD BE SENT TO DPR FOR THEIR INVESTIGATION. ROLL CALL: AYES: MR. CAPP MR. GREENIDGE MR. HALLGREN CHAIRMAN CAREY NAYS: VICE CHAIRMAN LAMAN CARRIED. SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD - REGULAR MEETfNG - MAY 3, 1988 SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT THIS ACT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN J~NE AND THAT iT REQUIRED LEAD BE LESS THAN W~INSODER, HE ASKED FOR 'A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL REQUIRING ADOPTION IN THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES, ALSO GETTING THE KITS WHICH ARE AVAILABLE TO DO-~ON-SITE'INSPECTIONS. MOTION BY MR. HALLGREN, SECONDED BY MR. GREENIDGE TO ACCEPT THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT. MR. COOPER SAID THEY WOULD BE TESTING THE SODER RIGHT' OFF THE JOINTS. CARRIED. MR. COOPER TOLD THE BOARD THAT THE MAYOR IS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PROTECT THE HOME OWNER. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, .IS REQUIRING'iTHE RELEASE OF~LIENS BE SUBMITTED BEFORE WE RELEASE THE CO. CHAIRMAN CAREY SAID HE' FELT IT DID NOT MEAN' ANYTHING, THAT YOU WOULD BE MAKING ALOT MORE WORK FOR THE HONEST CONTRACTORS AND WILL NOT BE HURTING THE DISHONEST ONES. TO GIVE THE CONTRACTORS A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS, IT WAS TABLED UNTIL THE JUNE MEETING, COMPLAINT AGAINST AMERON HOMES MR. PASQUALE J. LIBRIE, 731 N. FISCHER CIRCLE TOLD THE BOARD THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PLANTERS WErE CONSTRUCTED IN THE ~OF HIS HOUSE; THAT HE NOW HAS TERMITES. HE SAID THE PLANTERS TAKE UP ALMOST THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE HOUSE. MR. COOPER SAID HE WOULD INSPECT THE PLANTERS AND LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM AND TRY TO WORK IT OUT WITH MR. LIBRIE. APPLICATIONS FOR APPRENTICE A/C & DUCT WORK MR. HALLGREN REMINDED THE BOARD THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR IT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED TO REGISTER APPRENTICE ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS AND HE FELT A/C APPRENTICES SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST. THIS WOULD HELP THEM KEEP TRACK OFHOW'MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THEY HAVE HAD TO HELP THEM QUALIFY FOR A JOURNEYMAN TEST. THE BOARD SECRETARY SAID SHE WAS NOT REGISTERING APPRENTICE ELECTRICIANS AND PLUMBERS. SKIRTING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MR. HALLGREN SAID A COMPLAINT HAD BEEN MADE ABOUT THE SOUTH'SIDE OF THE NEW BUILDING AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN REGARDS TO THERE BEING NO SKIRTING. MR. COOPER SAID THAT BECAUSE OF OTHER PRIORITIES THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE SKIRTING. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS PROBLEM NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL. SEBASTIAN CONSTRUCTION BOARD - REGULA~ ~EETING - MAx 3, 1988 THE BOARD SECRETARY ASKED FOR TWO VOLUNTEERS FOR THE BLOCK EXAM TO BE GIVEN MAY 14, 1988 AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. MR. CAPP AND MR. GREENIDGE VOLUNTEERED. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:55 P.M.