Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects Meeting

Date:

Thursday, 04/21/2022

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Place:

Virtual https://dcca-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/98055767371

Agenda

BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS,

SURVEYORS AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

Professional and Vocational Licensing Division

Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

State of Hawaii

AGENDA

Date: April 21, 2022

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: In-Person Queen Liliuokalani Conference Room

Meeting HRH King Kalakaua Building

Location: 335 Merchant Street, First Floor

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Virtual: Videoconference Meeting – Zoom Webinar

(use link below)

https://dcca-hawaii-gov.zoom.us/j/98055767371

Phone: US: +1 669 900 6833

Webinar ID: 980 5576 7371

Agenda: Posted on the State electronic calendar as required by Hawaii Revised Statutes section 92-7(b).

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, protecting the health and safety of the community is of utmost concern. If you wish to submit written testimony on any agenda item, please submit your testimony to easla@dcca.hawaii.gov or by hard copy mail to Attn: Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors, and Landscape Architects, P.O. Box 3469, Honolulu, HI 96801. Testimony must be received at least 24 hours prior to the meeting to ensure that it can be distributed to the Board members.

INTERNET ACCESS:

To view the meeting and provide live oral testimony, please use the link at the top of the agenda. You will be asked to enter your name. The Board requests that you enter your full name, but you may use a pseudonym or other identifier if you wish to remain anonymous. You will also be asked for an email address. You may fill in this field with any entry in an email format, e.g., *****@***mail.com.

Your microphone will be automatically muted. When the Chairperson asks for public testimony, you may click the Raise Hand button found on your Zoom screen to indicate that you wish

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to testify about that agenda item. The Chairperson will individually enable each testifier to unmute their microphone. When recognized by the Chairperson, please unmute your microphone before speaking and mute your microphone after you finish speaking.

PHONE ACCESS:

If you cannot get internet access, you may get audio-only access by calling the phone number listed at the top on the agenda.

Upon dialing the number, you will be prompted to enter the Meeting ID which is also listed at the top of the agenda. After entering the Meeting ID, you will be asked to either enter your panelist number or wait to be admitted into the meeting. You will not have a panelist number. So, please wait until you are admitted into the meeting.

When the Chairperson asks for public testimony, you may indicate you want to testify by entering “*” and then “9” on your phone’s keypad. After entering “*” and then “9”, a voice prompt will let you know that the host of the meeting has been notified. When recognized by the Chairperson, you may unmute yourself by pressing “*” and then “6” on your phone. A voice prompt will let you know that you are unmuted. Once you are finished speaking, please enter “*” and then “6” again to mute yourself.

For both internet and phone access, when testifying, you will be asked to identify yourself and the organization, if any, that you represent. Each testifier will be limited to five minutes of testimony per agenda item.

If connection to the meeting is lost for more than 30 minutes, the meeting will be continued on a specified date and time. This information will be provided on the Board’s website at http://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/boards/engineer/board-meeting-schedule/.

Instructions to attend State of Hawaii virtual board meetings may be found online at https://cca.hawaii.gov/pvl/files/2020/08/State-of-Hawaii-Virtual-Board-Attendee-Instructions.pdf

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact Sandra Matsushima at (808) 586-2702 or easla@dcca.hawaii.gov as soon as possible, preferably within two (2) business days of the meeting. If a response is received after that date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or

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accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled. Upon request this notice is available in alternate formats such as large print, Braille, or electronic copy.

1. Roll Call

2. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes and Executive Session Minutes of February 10, 2022

3. New Business

1. Legislation

a. S.B. 3386 / H.B. 2442 Relating to Building Industry Professionals

Updates the cost valuations of work on buildings for the work to qualify for an exemption from chapter 464, HRS, relating to the regulation of the practices of professional engineering, architecture, land surveying, and landscape architecture.

b. S.B. 2430 Relating to Construction Costs

Increases the dollar amounts of estimated construction costs for work done to certain structures that are exempt from the requirement that plans be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or architect.

c. SCR 40 / SR35 Relating to Third-Party Review Services Providers

Requesting the Auditor to conduct a sunrise review of the licensure and regulation of third-party review services providers.

S.B. 2447 / H.B. 2453 Relating to Third-Party Review Services

Establishes the third-party review services licensure program and board and the third-party review recovery fund.

4. Correspondence

a. Email from Ms. Dawn Takeuchi Apuna, Deputy Director, Department of Planning & Permitting, City & County of Honolulu, regarding structural engineer qualifications for licensure.

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5. `The Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (“CLARB”) resolutions to adopt the Uniform Standard policy and update CLARB’s Model Law and Regulations.

6. Applications: (see attached Addendum)

The Board may move into Executive Session to consider and evaluate personal information relating to individuals applying for licensure in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(1), HRS, and to consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(4).

a. Ratifications

b. Professional Engineer Committee Recommendations

c. Professional Architect Committee Recommendations

d. Professional Land Surveyor Committee Recommendations

e. Professional Landscape Architect Committee Recommendations

7. Election of Officers: Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson

8. Executive Officer’s Report

a. License renewal for biennial renewal period May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023;

b. Continuing Education requirement for Architect license renewal;

c. Filing of 2022 Annual Financial Disclosure with the Hawai`i State Ethics Commission by May 31, 2022

9. Next Meeting Date: June 16, 2022

In person: Queen Lili’uokalani Conference Room

King Kalakaua Bldg.

335 Merchant St.

Honolulu, HI 96813

10. Adjournment

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* The Board may move into Executive Session to consult with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Board’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities in accordance with Section 92-5(a)(4), Hawaii Revised Statutes (“HRS”).

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, Sandra Matsushima at 808-586-2702 and/or easla@dcca.hawaii.gov as soon as possible, preferably within two (2) business days of the meeting. If a response is received after that date, we will try to obtain the auxiliary aid/service or accommodation, but we cannot guarantee that the request will be fulfilled.

Upon request, this notice is available in alternate formats, such as large print, Braille or electronic copy.