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FORT COLLINS FUILDINO REVIEW BOARD
Regular Meeting — September 28, 2006
A regular meeting of the Building Review Board was held on Thursday, September 28, 2006 in
the Council Chambers of the Fort Collins Municipal Building at 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort
Collins, Colorado.
BOARDMEMBERS PRESENT:
Gene Little
John McCoy
Jim Packard
Michael Smilie, Chair
BOARDMEMBERS ABSENT:
David Carr
STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:
Felix Lee, Neighborhood & Building Services Director
Delynn Coldiron, Contractor Licensing & Admin Services Coordinator
AGENDA:
1. ROLLCALL
The meeting was called to order and roll call was taken.
2. APPROVAL OF NENUTES
McCoy made a motion to approve the minutes from the July 27, 2006 meeting. Little seconded
the motion. The motion passed.
3. James Black, d/b/a Black Construction, Inc., Case # 13-06
The appellant was seeking a license upgrade to a Class B license. He was granted a Class D2
license in January, 2006. The appellant initially asked for a Class C2 license and took and
passed the City's C2 exam; however, the project experience submitted was sufficient only for a
D2license.
The appellant provided additional project documentation for the Board's consideration including
a 12,000 square foot office building he had constructed, together with numerous commercial .
projects that included structural modifications. The appellant noted that the primary focus of his
company is damage repair and restoration of,structures due to fires, floods or other insurance -
type losses/claims. However, he stated that he wanted the opportunity to get involved in new
building construction should the opportunity arise.
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The Board also considered that the appellant holds either Class A or B licenses in Arvada,
Aurora, .Centennial, Denver, Thornton, Westminster and Castle Rock.
Little made a motion to approve a Class B license limited to repairs, damage restoration or
capital improvements on any building that was five stories or less in height. McCoy seconded
the motion. After Board discussion, Little withdrew his motion.
Smilie made a motion to approve an unrestricted Class Cl license. Little seconded the motion.
Vote:
Yeas: McCoy, Little, Packard, Smilie
Nays: None
4. Randy McBlair, d/b/a Millennium Basements, Case #14-06
The appellant was seeking a Class D2 license limited to basement finish construction but stated
during the meeting that he would like the opportunity to construct residential additions in an
effort to get an unrestricted license.
The Board considered the appellant's building experience which was primarily limited to
basement finish projects. The appellant did not have any project experience that included the
construction of residential additions or garages as prescribed by the City's licensing ordinance
that met the criteria for a Class D2 license.
Little made a motion to approve a Class D2 license limited to basement finish work. Packard
seconded the motion. The motion was then amended to include all non-structural residential
finish work. Packard seconded the amendment.
Vote:
Yeas: McCoy, Little, Packard, Smilie
Nays: None
The Board explained to the appellant that he could come to them on a case by case basis to ask
for an exemption to his limited D2 license that would enable him to perform residential addition
work should the opportunity arise.
5.. Norman Brown, d/b/a Norm Brown Roofing, Case # 15-06
The appellant was seeking reinstatement of his roofing license which had been revoked by the
Board in 2000.
The appellant appeared before the Board on May 27, 1999 and June 24, 1999 due to violations
that had occurred related to working without permits. He appeared before the Board a third time
on January 27, 2000 for additional violations, at which time the Board revoked his roofing
license.
Since that time, additional violations continued to accrue. These violations included working
without permits, without a valid license and non -adherence to Stop Work Orders. Theviolations
resulted in fines, as well as actual jail time for the appellant.
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The appellant mentioned to the Board that he.needed to get his license reinstated so that he. could
buy buildings permits for City jobs: He provided clarification on the causes of his previous
violations and stated that he would try to adhere to City policy as he did not want to spend
further time in jail.
The Board reviewed all of the violations that had occurred, as well as other complaints that were
included in appellant's file.
Little made a motion to approve reinstatement of the appellant's roofing license. McCoy
seconded the motion.
Vote:
Yeas: McCoy, Little, Smilie
Nays: Packard
The Board warned the appellant that should any further violations occur, license suspension
would be immediate and he would be required to come back to the Board for another license
hearing. They added that if violations were found to have occurred, the probable result would be
a re -revocation of his roofing license.
Other Business
A. Budget:
Felix shared information on how the current budget reduction efforts were impacting
Neighborhood & Building Services.
B. Board Member Eligibility:
Felix shared that two Board members, Charles Fielder and Leslie Jones, had recently
been required to resign due to moves outside of the City's UGA. He provided a map to
the remaining BRB members to assure that there were no further eligibility concerns
due to this issue.
C. IBC Review.
It was noted that the IBC review committee would have its first meeting on
Wednesday, October 0.
Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.
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Mike Smilie, Board Chair