Chapter 2.125
ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING REVIEW BOARD

Sections:

2.125.010    Established.

2.125.020    Terms of office.

2.125.030    Qualifications.

2.125.040    Responsibilities.

2.125.050    Organization.

*    Editor’s note: Ord. FY2012-09 reestablishes the architectural/engineering review board effective midnight December 31, 2011.

2.125.010 Established.

There is established the architectural/engineering review board, which shall consist of seven voting members, to be appointed by the mayor. The board shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 2.100 KIBC. [Ord. FY2006-04 §2, 2005; Ord. 2002-15 §2, 2002; Ord. 99-09 §2, 1999; Ord. 98-02 §8, 1998; Ord. 96-16 §2, 1996; Ord. 95-03 §2, 1995; Ord. 93-61 §2, 1993; Ord. 87-33-O §2, 1987. Formerly §2.45.010].

2.125.020 Terms of office.

Appointed members of the board shall serve a term of three years. The membership of the board, other than borough officials, and their terms of office shall continue as they existed on October 15, 1987. [Ord. 87-33-O §2, 1987. Formerly §2.45.020].

2.125.030 Qualifications.

Six members of the board shall be residents and qualified voters of the borough and shall have an interest and a wide range of experience in engineering, architecture, building, plumbing, roofing, electrical installation, and other related fields involving the building business. One member of the board shall be a member of the assembly, appointed by the mayor. The manager, school district superintendent, or their designees, and a school board representative shall be nonvoting ex officio members of the board and may participate in all discussions. [Ord. 98-02 §8, 1998; Ord. 95-03 §2, 1995; Ord. 87-33-O §2, 1987. Formerly §2.45.030].

2.125.040 Responsibilities.

The board is empowered to:

A. Review all architectural and engineering proposals and design drawings for borough-owned buildings and publicly funded projects, evaluate and propose improvements to specifications and drawings, and evaluate the list of proposed architects and forward a recommendation. A plan review schedule shall be established with the architect, which takes into consideration the limited building season available in Kodiak;

B. Evaluate all comments, suggestions, and recommendations from the building administration on proposals for borough and other publicly funded buildings and forward written comments to the assembly;

C. Hold a public meeting before presenting the final recommendation to the assembly;

D. Forward final recommendations to the assembly;

E. Receive notice of all change orders that are executed on building projects. The board shall review all changes to borough-owned buildings and publicly funded projects for the purpose of possible inclusion in future building projects; and

F. Evaluate completed projects, prior to the one-year warranty inspection, on the basis of quality of workmanship, cost of project relative to its original budget, and performance of the architect and the general contractor to prepare a written report for presentation to the assembly. [Ord. 97-20 §2, 1997; Ord. 95-03 §2, 1995; Ord. 87-33-O §2, 1987. Formerly §2.45.040].

2.125.050 Organization.

The board shall designate its chair and vice-chair at the first meeting of the calendar year and shall hold at least one meeting quarterly unless projects demand more frequent meetings. [Ord. 87-33-O §2, 1987. Formerly §2.45.050].