Sanchez asks how ACER Task Force fits the code revision process

So moving to the A-E-C-R, I know what it stands for.

I don't remember what it stands for.

But the other task force.

That is being convened.

Thank you for the invitation.

Received.

We'll be there.

Oh, Affordable and Efficient Code Reform Task Force.

So can you help us understand how the AECR will...

Relate to the usual process that DOB undertakes for code revisions?

Absolutely.

So, you know, since 2008, the model code program, we've continued to work on a regular cycle of every three plus years,

refreshing and trying to meet a building code, borrowing from the international code, making sure it meets local needs, local standards.

The last one, as you mentioned, was 2022.

That process of over 14 committees, over 400 volunteers, that work is immense.

I mean, we're pulling from national standards.

We're pulling from the international building codes.

We're looking at state and local requirements.

And from time to time, we have found that to get things done that are equally important but can create a lot of congestion in the code committee work, parallel process, not supplement, parallel process.

processes could be helpful.

That is what we did for the existing building code, which we worked on successfully with the council.

It's actually how we worked on the construction safety laws that we're talking about today, creating a parallel process that got us to the point of success that we're talking about right now.

So what the Affordable, what ACER, the Affordable and Efficient Code Reform Task Force is doing is looking at a set of issues and questions that have been raised over the years and giving it a

more dedicated space to explore and understand whether there are things that we should advance.

At the very least, have more material discussions.

And in addition to that, much of our code committee work happens among technical experts with sort of less availability for broader policy and

housing-involved industry experts to be in the mix.

Within a dedicated conversation about how they involve in the housing space.

So we're looking at a broader membership, a broader community that is going to be supplemented by many of the same subject matter experts that are involved in the code committee process.

Coming out of that, and you'll see in the housing plan, we talk about some of the questions and issues that we've heard from community members, both on the industry side and the public side, whether it's looking at

elevators, policy ideas around elevators, policy ideas around alternate materials for potable water.

These are things that are very, can be very technical.

And we're bringing the policy experts and the technical individuals together in this supplemental process.

But the code committee work will continue, and we look forward to working with the council on that.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

All right, so I'm going to turn it to Councilmember Wilson, and then we'll come back.