CRC Committee Meeting 9:00AM

Blitch/Bacque/Tumlin

AGENDA

LouisianaState Board of Architectural Examiners

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

September 23, 2016

10:00 AM

  1. Meeting called to order by the President;
  1. Approval of minutes from the meetings held June 10, 2016 and Special meetings held August 5, and August 12, 2016;

3.11:00IDP Report–Jenny Chandela, State Architectural Licensing Advisor;

4.Executive Director’s primary office functions/working from home along with Mary Porche and Paul Spaht:

  1. Re-advertised for LSBAE Executive Director Vacancy;
  1. Worked on Paul’s Legal Services contract with the help of Paul Spaht/Mary Porche;

C.First group of digitized firm files delivered by Scanning America;

D.Processed Firm Renewals;

E.Complied with new Legislative Act 587, report attached;

F.Property Loss report due to flooding, report attached;

H.Attendance:

1. June 14-19, 2016 – Board members attended NCARB Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA;

2. July 18, 2016 – Paul Spaht and Mary Porcheemailed NOI for Firm Rule to the State Legislature and Office of State Register;

3. August 09, 2016 – Paul Spaht revised NOI Firm Rule, Mary Porche hand-delivered to the State Legislature to get original signatures and delivered to the Office of State Register;

4. August 4-11, 2016 – Legislative Auditors conducted financial audit;

5. August 5, 2016 – Special board meeting to prepare for interviews to fill the Executive Director Vacancy;

6. August 12, 2016 – Special meeting to conduct interviews;

7. September 9, 2016 - AIALA President’s Luncheon, attended by Richard LeBlanc, Ron Blitch, J. David Brinson, Allen Bacque, and Robert McKinney;

5.Legal - Paul Spaht

  1. NOI Firm Practice Rule published in August 20, 2016Louisiana Register;
  1. Proposed rule for the Architecture & Education Fund;

C.Paul Spaht email dated June 28, 2016 regarding supervisor refusing to approve IDP hours;

D.Richard LeBlanc email dated June 28, 2016 regarding Resolution 2016-01 Mutual Recognition Arrangement with Australia and New Zealand and NCARB;

E.Richard LeBlanc email dated July 06, 2016 regarding participating with AIALA of Newly Licensed Architects presentations;

F.Ward Elmo Bryant, Jr., email dated July 07, 2016 regarding legal matters that may affect his architect license;

G. Nima Farzaneh email dated July 25, 2016 regarding section 1525 of the LSBAE Rules individual was referred to section 1535 of the rule;

H.Alexander Adamick email dated August 29, 2016 regarding continuing education;

I.William Vukovich email dated August 29 and Shelly Strange email dated September 15, 2016 regarding Forensic Architecture and independent consultant;

  1. Enforcement/Joe Holt;

6.Determine board president, secretary, and CRC for 2017;

7.Kathy Hillegas named Executive Director;

8.Review of August 2016 budget report;

9.Information only, copy of amended budget for 2016-2017 to designate fund for Architecture and Education Fund;

10.Information only: Office of Risk Management/FEMA DR 4277;

11.Board Meeting dates for 2016;

December 9

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09/16, 2016