FLORIDA BUILDING
COMMISSION
CO DETECTOR WORKGROUP
Embassy Suites Hotel;
3705 Spectrum Blvd, Tampa Florida 33612; 813.977.7066
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To Approve
Regular Procedural Topics (Agenda)
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To Hear an
Overview of the Workgroup’s Scope and Charge
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To Review
Workgroup Procedures, Guidelines, and Decision-Making Requirements
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To Identify
Issues and Options Regarding Needed Clarifications and Modifications to CO
Detector Statutory Requirements
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To Discuss
and Evaluate Level of Acceptability of Proposed Options
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To Consider
Public Comment
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To Adopt
Recommendations for Submittal to the Florida Building Commission
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To Identify
Needed Next Steps and Agenda Items for Next Meeting
All
Agenda Times—Including Public Comment and Adjournment—Are Subject to Change
8:30 Welcome
and Opening
Review
of CO Detector Workgroup Scope
Agenda
Review and Approval
Review
of Commission’s Workgroup Meeting Guidelines, Consensus-Building and
Decision-Making Process, and
Sunshine Requirements
Identification of Issues
Regarding Statutory Requirements for CO Detectors
Identification and Evaluation
of Options Regarding Statutory Requirements for CO
Detectors
Discussion, Identification and
Evaluation in Turn of Options Regarding
Statutory
Requirements for CO Detectors
General
Public Comment
Adoption of Recommendations
for Submittal to Commission
Review of
Workgroup Delivery and Meeting Schedule
Next Steps
Adjourn
Contact Information
and Project Webpage
Jeff Blair; 850.644.6320;
jblair@fsu.edu ;
CO Detector Workgroup
Members
Jim
Goodloe Fire Marshall
Dale
Greiner Building/Fire
Official
George
Wiggins Building Official
Hamid
Bahadori Fire Protection
Engineer
Steve
Bassett Mechanical Engineer
Jeff
Gross Building Owners
and Managers/Architect
Matt
Carleton New Building
Contractor
Ed
Carson Renovation
Contractor
Mark
Turner Electrical
Contractor
Jeff
Householder Gas Industry
Greg
Lyons CO Detector
Manufacturer
CO DETECTOR WORKGROUP PROCEDURAL GUIDELINES
PARTICIPANTS’ ROLE
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The Workgroup
process is an opportunity to explore possibilities. Offering or exploring an
idea does not necessarily imply support for it.
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Listen to
understand. Seek a shared understanding even if you don’t agree.
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Be focused
and concise—balance participation & minimize repetition. Share the airtime.
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Look to the
facilitator(s) to be recognized. Please raise your hand to speak.
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Speak one
person at a time. Please don’t interrupt each other.
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Focus on
issues, not personalities. Avoid stereotyping or personal attacks.
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To the extent
possible, offer options to address other’s concerns, as well as your own.
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Represent and
communicate with member’s constituent group(s).
FACILITATORS’ ROLE
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Design and
facilitate a participatory task force process.
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Assist
participants to stay focused and on task.
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Assure that
participants follow ground rules.
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Prepare
agenda packets and provide meeting summary reports.
GUIDELINES FOR BRAINSTORMING
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Speak when
recognized by the Facilitator(s).
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Offer one
idea per person without explanation.
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No comments,
criticism, or discussion of other's ideas.
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Listen
respectively to other's ideas and opinions.
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Seek
understanding and not agreement at this point in the discussion.
THE NAME STACKING PROCESS
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Determines
the speaking order.
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Participant
raises hand to speak. Facilitator(s) will call on participants in turn.
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Facilitator(s)
may interrupt the stack (change the speaking order) in order to promote
discussion on a specific issue or, to balance participation and allow those who
have not spoken on an issue an opportunity to do so before others on the list
who have already spoken on the issue.
During the meetings,
members will be asked to develop and rank options, and following
discussions and refinements,
may be asked to do additional rankings of the options if requested by members
and staff. Please be prepared to offer specific refinements or changes to
address your reservations. The following scale will be utilized for the ranking
exercises:
WORKGROUP’S
CONSENSUS PROCESS
The Workgroup will seek
to develop a package of consensus-based recommendations for submittal to the
Florida Building Commission. General
consensus is a participatory process whereby, on matters of substance, the
members strive for agreements which all of the members can accept, support,
live with or agree not to oppose. In
instances where, after vigorously exploring possible ways to enhance the
members’ support for the final decision on a recommendation, and the Workgroup
finds that 100% acceptance or support is not achievable, final decisions will
require at least 75% favorable vote of all members present and voting. This super majority decision rule underscores
the importance of actively developing consensus throughout the process on
substantive issues with the participation of all members and which all can live
with. In instances where the Workgroup
finds that even 75% acceptance or support is not achievable, publication of
recommendations will include documentation of the differences and the options that
were considered for which there is more than 50% support from the Workgroup.
The Workgroup will
develop its recommendations using consensus-building techniques with the
assistance of the facilitator.
Techniques such as brainstorming, ranking and prioritizing approaches
will be utilized. Where differences
exist that prevent the Workgroup from reaching a final consensus decision (i.e.
with support of at least 75% of the members) on a recommendation, the Workgroup
will outline the differences in its documentation.
The Workgroup’s consensus
process will be conducted as an open process consistent with applicable
law. Workgroup members, staff, and
facilitator will be the only participants seated at the table. Only Workgroup
members may participate in discussions and vote on proposals and recommendations.
The facilitator, or a Workgroup member through the facilitator, may request
specific clarification from a member of the public in order to assist the
Workgroup in understanding an issue. Observers/members of the
public are welcome to speak during the public comment period provided at each
meeting, and all comments submitted on the public comment forms provided in the
agenda packets will be included in the facilitator’ summary reports.
Facilitator will work
with staff and Workgroup members to design agendas that will be both efficient
and effective. The staff will help the
Workgroup with information and meeting logistics.
To enhance the
possibility of constructive discussions as members educate themselves on the
issues and engage in consensus-building, members agree to refrain from public
statements that may prejudge the outcome of the Workgroup’s consensus
process. In discussing the Workgroup
process with the media, members agree to be careful to present only their own
views and not the views or statements of other participants. In addition, in
order to provide balance to the Workgroup process, members agree to represent
and consult with their stakeholder interest groups.
The Florida Building Commission and the CO
Detector Workgroup encourage written comments—All written comments will be
included in the meeting summary report.
Name:
Organization:
Meeting Date:
Please make your comment(s) as
specific as possible, and offer suggestions to address your concerns.
Please limit comment(s) to topics
within the scope of the Workgroup, and refrain from any personal attacks or
derogatory language.
The facilitator may, at his
discretion, limit public comment to a maximum of three-minutes (3) per person,
depending on the number of individuals wishing to speak.
COMMENT:
Please give completed form(s) to the Facilitator
for inclusion in the meeting summary report.