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Building Code Board of Appeals Minutes 09/17/09 Page 4 of 7 Gary Mancuso motioned that the Board to have Mike Jones tell City Council to strike the 2009 Fire Sprinkler Adoption on Tuesday, September 22. Peter Geise seconded the motion. All present unanimously were in favor to: 1) Adopt 2009 Code 2) Reject Fire Sprinkler Code 3) Amend wall assembly. The Board member took more time to review Broomfield’s 2009 Amendments with technical discussion of code requirements. Bob Van Pelt motioned that there was nothing else to amend. Peter Geise seconded the motion. Bob Van Pelt motioned that the board continue to re-look at the fire sprinkler code changes in the future. Gary Mancuso seconded the motion. All present agreed. A. Administrative 1. By Laws – Rules of Procedure Discussion Mike Jones said the city attorney is re-writing all the By Laws for all of the city boards. He said there is no sense in doing it twice. All present agreed. 2. By Laws – Amendment Recommendations David Rounds suggested that they send our draft of amendment recommendations to the city attorney so he can use it. All present agreed. C. Green Building a. Update National Residential Green Building ANSI 700 Paul Wood updated the Board that the points program adoption idea is not a good plan. He said they could possibly bring in outside consultants and perhaps community participation programs. He said they are waiting to see if the Governor’s Energy office will offer grants. These are primarily for education and follow-up training. He stated that there is no budge allocated in Louisville for this program. b. Update National Commercial Green Building AMSI 189.1 Mike Jones said there is no further progress on the commercial green building program. c. Update Boulder County Build Smart Program d. Update on Boulder Green Points Program rd Mike Jones said that the City of Boulder is doing their 3 re-write this year on Build Smart and Green Points programs. Gary Mancuso reminded the board that they voted to wait until after 2009 Code adoption for any Build Smart of Green Points programs.